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Juno – Reclaiming beautiful Juno

Sonja Carmichael
Juno – Reclaiming beautiful Juno
 2018

Medium
ungaire (swamp reed)

Measurements
74.0 × 53.5 × 16.5 cm (variable)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Barbara Hay, 2019
© the artist, courtesy Onespace Gallery

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Gallery location
Not on display

 

About this work

Juno – Reclaiming beautiful Juno was created in response to the labelling of woven objects in museums. When reviewing the collection at Pitt Rivers Musuem, Oxford, Carmichael found an old Pitt Rivers Museum label, which read; ‘Coiled basket in buttonhole stitch. Made by King Sambo’s Gin, Juno. She was so called because she was so very ugly. These are not their native names’. A traditional flat woven bag, Juno – Reclaiming beautiful Juno depicts the evolution of cultural practices that remain linked to ancestral forms. Carmichael has used ungaire, a reed that grows in shades of pink and green in rugged, swampy areas on Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island).

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Brisbane, Queensland

Accession Number
2019.872

Department
First Nations Australia

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