Maya
1993
Medium
screenprinted and hand dyed silk
Measurements
286.0 × 92.5 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Anthony Knight, 2007
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Melville Island, Northern Territory
Accession Number
2007.343
Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles
Physical description
Textile hanging, silk screen on silk featuring linked male figures and mermen drawn from Hindu and Buddhist imagery. Various texts and drawings taken from pages of the artist's diaries and notebooks and old letters to family and friends. The work has hemmed casings top and bottom (each 4 cm wide)
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