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Mokuy figure

Unknown
Mokuy figure
 (early 1960s)

Medium
earth pigments on wood, lorikeet feathers

Measurements
136.7 × 17.3 × 12.0 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, NGV Supporters of Indigenous Art, 2012
Public domain

Reproduction requests

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Milingimbi, Northern Territory

Accession Number
2012.208

Department
First Nations Australia

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