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Possum skin

Euphemia Bostock
Possum skin
 1994

Medium
screenprinted cotton

Measurements
390.0 × 150.0 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
CT434-1994

Department
First Nations Australia

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Physical description
Fabric length of black cotton, screenprinted with white abstract design representing patterns incised on the possum skin cloaks worn by the tribes before white settlement.

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