Hunting for Dugongs
Mereia Anning, Yidinyji / Australian, born 20th century
Yidinyji
East Cape York
Cape York Peninsula
Queensland
Australia
2001
Acrylic on canvas
Overall: 32 11/16 × 17 1/2 in. (83 × 44.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Will Owen and Harvey Wagner
2009.92.213
Geography
Place Made: Australia, Oceania
Period
21st century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Exhibition History
Waterways: Tension and Flow, Harrington Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 4-August 23, 2015.
Provenance
Redback Art Gallery, Gordon Park, Queensland, Australia; sold to Will Owen (1952-2015) and Harvey Wagner (1931-2017), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, January 26, 2002; given to present collection, 2009.
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