Ngatu
(c. 1960)
Medium
ngatu (barkcloth), natural dyes
Measurements
175.0 × 491.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Brian and Cynthia Gibbs, 2017
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
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A discussion about Augustus Earle and some of his portraits
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Military Objectives: Some reflections on the forgotten Second World War artist Louis Duffy
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Fern Tree Gully, Table Mountain, Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land
John Skinner PROUT
The arrival, diptych
Greg Semu
Gyro, table
Brodie NEILL (designer)
Survival and atomic bombing
WORLD, Auckland (fashion house); Denise L'ESTRANGE-CORBET (designer); Francis HOOPER (designer); Reuben Paterson
Kennedy Space Centre, Fla. Apollo 15 lift-off 9.34am EDT. 26 July 1971
NASA, Washington, D.C. (manufacturer)
Mask fragment
Baining people, New Britain, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea
The Pacific whaling ship
UNKNOWN (Scrimshander)
The sighting
Greg Semu
Birth
Greg Semu
The Raft
Greg Semu
A man of Van Diemen's Land
J. CALDWELL (engraver); John WEBBER (draughtsman)
driftnet
Judy Watson
Brushing against flowers, fragrance permeates garments
KŌSEN Shōton
Outfit: Habanero halter top, Pacific pleats skirt, Hibiscus, feather and Pule headpiece and Towards a ship of new arrivals... necklace
DORIS DE PONT, Auckland (fashion house); Doris DE PONT (designer); Margo BARTON (milliner); Sofia TEKELA-SMITH
Fa'afafine
Greg Semu
Three ring sail parachutes of Skylab 3 at splashdown in pacific
NASA, Washington, D.C. (manufacturer)
Yari country
Rover Thomas
Pacific Transformer 1
Tama Sharman
Carriages
Walker EVANS
The search
Greg Semu
An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite and Other Islands in the Indian, Southern and Pacific Oceans; including the Figures and Descriptions of One Hundred and Fifty Species of the more Splendid, Beautiful and Interesting Insects, Hitherto Discovered in those Countries…,
Edward DONOVAN
Pacific Transformer 4
Tama Sharman
Pacific Transformer 2
Tama Sharman
The bathers
Anne ZAHALKA
The enjoyable lesson
François BOUCHER
Wubarr ceremony
Thompson Yulidirri
Yiwarra (Milky Way)
Norah Napaljarri Nelson
Death (La Pieta of the Raft)
Greg Semu
Pacific
Peter UPWARD
Lar sor sor
Ella Savage