Spears and Five Waterholes
Claver Dumoo, Marri Thebin / Australian, born 1945
Marri Thebin
Wadeye (Port Keats)
Northern Territory
Australia
1985
Bark Painting, Natural ochres on bark
Overall: 15 3/4 × 23 5/8 in. (40 × 60 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Will Owen and Harvey Wagner
2011.43.18
Geography
Place Made: Australia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Provenance
Hogarth Galleries Pty. Ltd., Aboriginal Art Centres, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia; sold to Will Owen (1952-2015) and Harvey Wagner (1931-2017), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 4, 2010; given to present collection, 2011.
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