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Fish

Fish
 (c. 1950)

Medium
wood
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Dr Clive Stephen through the National Gallery Society of Victoria, 1953
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
wood
Measurements
8.5 × 59.5 × 14.4 cm
Place/s of Execution
Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number
1370-D4
Departments
Oceanic Decorative Arts / Pacific Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Dr Clive Stephen through the National Gallery Society of Victoria, 1953
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
A naturalistic fish carved from one piece of wood. The underside is flat without features, the tail carved from under block, still part of flat underside which protects past body of fish.

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