Plaque
(1930s)
Medium
earthenware
Measurements
26.5 × 11.7 × 6.5 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Sir Thomas and Lady Travers, Governors,1983
© Parks Victoria
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Inscription
incised (vertically) on reverse l.r.: D Wm Ricketts
Accession Number
D12-1983
Department
Australian Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Physical description
Shaped double-sided plaque drilled with hole at top for suspension. Modelled on the obverse with the head of an elderly, bearded male Aborigine, and in the concave reverse with the heads, one above the other, of two Aboriginal children. Dark umber glaze on heads.