Kayimwagakimi jilamara (Comb design)
Raelene Kerinauia, Tiwi / Australian, born 1962
Tiwi
Milikapiti
Melville Island
Tiwi Islands
Northern Territory
Australia
2004
Ochres on canvas
Overall: 80 11/16 × 24 7/16 in. (205 × 62 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Will Owen and Harvey Wagner
2011.43.108
Geography
Place Made: Australia, Oceania
Period
21st century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Publication History
Stephen Gilchrist, editor, Crossing Cultures, The Owen and Wagner Collection of Contemporary Aboriginal Art at the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2012, p. 134, no. 40.
Provenance
Jilamara Arts and Crafts, Melville Island, Australia (Certificate of Authenticity); Raft Artspace, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia; sold to Will Owen (1952-2015) and Harvey Wagner (1931-2017), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, April 21, 2004; given to present collection, 2011.
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