Bone Shroud
Jack Nawilil, Rembarrnga / Mayali / Australian, born 1945
Rembarrnga
Maningrida
Western Arnhem Land
Northern Territory
Australia
about 2002
Paperbark
Overall: 46 7/16 × 11 × 6 5/16 in. (118 × 28 × 16 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Will Owen and Harvey Wagner
2009.92.131
Geography
Place Made: Australia, Oceania
Period
21st century
Object Name
Funerary Equipment
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Provenance
Maningrida Arts & Culture, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia; sold to Will Owen (1952-2015) and Harvey Wagner (1931-2017), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, date unknown; given to present collection, 2009.
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