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Mariadagwa, ridge post

Mariadagwa, ridge post
 (c. 1969)

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Medium
earth pigments on wood, fibre, shell, cane
Measurements

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413.0 × 132.5 × 53.0 cm
Place/s of Execution
Sortmeri village, Central Iatmul, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number
2004.349
Department
Pacific Art

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Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by Ed and Alice-Anne Boylan, Fellows, 2004
© the artists
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

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Physical description
This ridge post was owned and collectively carved by the Yarbasuga clan (named after their principle totem - erima wood). The post had a personal name - Mariadagwa and originally had a gable figure mounted on the top whose name was Wumbuinabi.

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