Gumatj Chest Design (Wild Honey Ancestor)
Peter Datjin Burarrwanga, Gumatj / Australian, born 1963
Gumatj
Galiwin'ku (Elcho Island)
Northeast Arnhem Land
Northern Territory
Australia
2005
Natural ochres on canvas
Overall: 24 × 18 1/8 in. (61 × 46 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Will Owen and Harvey Wagner
2009.92.264
Geography
Place Made: Australia, Oceania
Period
21st century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Provenance
Bandigan Art, Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia (Certificate of Authenticity); 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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