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Mangkaja

Wakartu Cory Surprise
Mangkaja
 1991

Medium
earth pigments and natural binder and synthetic polymer paint on paper

Measurements
56.4 × 76.2 cm (image and sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of The Marjory and Alexander Lynch Endowment, Governors, 1991
©Wakartu Cory Surprise/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia

Accession Number
O.238-1991

Department
First Nations Australia

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