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Bagu (Firestick figure)

Theresa Beeron
Bagu (Firestick figure)
 2009

Medium
earth pigments on earthernware, wood, twine

Measurements
(a) 80.3 × 36.5 × 6.5 cm (figure)
(b) 83.6 × 1.0 cm diameter (dowel)
(c) 75.5 × 1.0 cm diameter (dowel)
(d) 76.2 × 1.4 cm diameter (dowel)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Beverly and Anthony Knight through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2013
© Courtesy of the artist and Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Cardwell, Queensland

Inscription
incised (vertically) in reverse u.c.: Beeron / 09

Accession Number
2013.294.a-d

Department
First Nations Australia

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