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Aposiibiiruka (Butterfly)

Wachogii
Aposiibiiruka (Butterfly)
 1973

Medium
earth and natural pigments on sago palm petiole

Measurements
138.8 × 69.3 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through the NGV Foundation with the assistance of The Thomas William Lasham Fund, Founder Benefactor, 2001
© Courtesy of the copyright holder

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Bangwis village, Washkuk Hills, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

Accession Number
2001.388

Department
Pacific Art

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Physical description
The painting depicts the insects by means of its wings (chepi) and a stylised anthropomorphic ‘face’ (misoma). The face shown twice - in the upper half of the design and reflected across a horizontal mirror line in the lower half, each face has a pair of large black eyes, nose (sumojii) in the form of a black pointed oval outlined in white and bisected by a yellow bar and a carved mouth (kuja).

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