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Possum skin

Euphemia Bostock
Possum skin
 (c. 1985)

Medium
screenprinted silk (taffeta)

Measurements
300.0 × 120.0 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of Waltons Limited, Fellow, 1994
© Euphemia Bostock/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales

Accession Number
CT433-1994

Department
First Nations Australia

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Physical description
Fabric length of black silk taffeta, screenprinted with gold metallic abstract design representing patterns incised on the possum skin sloaks worn by tribes before white settlement.

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