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Scooting around the boundary (Maurice Rioli), covered vase
2015

Medium
earthenware

Measurements
(a-b) 55.5 × 31.5 cm diameter (overall)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2015
© Rona Panangka Rubuntja/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Hermannsburg, Northern Territory

Inscription
(a) inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on base u.c.: RR728-15

Accession Number
2015.449.a-b

Department
First Nations Australia

Physical description
In Round 3 of the 1982 VFL season, Richmond played Essendon. Maurice Rioli of the Richmond Tigers scooted around the boundary to kick a magnificent goal in front of 90,000 people at the MCG.