Men's Ceremony
Lindsay Bird Mpetanye, Eastern Anmatyerre / Australian, born about 1935/42
Ahalpere (Utopia)
Central Desert
Northern Territory
Australia
1998
Acrylic on linen
Overall: 47 1/4 × 35 7/16 in. (120 × 90 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Will Owen and Harvey Wagner
2009.92.183
Geography
Place Made: Australia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Provenance
Dreaming Art Center of Utopia Aboriginal Gallery, Salisbury Plain, South Australia, Australia (Certificate of Authenticity); sold to Will Owen (1952-2015) and Harvey Wagner (1931-2017), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, December 1998; given to present collection, 2009.
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