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Papa sombo (Water-worn river rocks)

Manal Kapay
Papa sombo (Water-worn river rocks)
 1972

Medium
earth and natural pigments on sago palm petiole

Measurements
119.5 × 62.9 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
© Ross Bowden

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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
2001.411

Department
Pacific Art

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Physical description
The three large roughly circular black forms arranged down the centre of the bark represent water-worn stones (pap sombo) of the kind found in the mountain streams.

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