Skin
Joshua Bonson, Kala Lagaw Ya / Australian, born about 1990
Kala Lagaw Ya
Badu Island
Torres Strait Islands
Queensland
Australia
2009
Acrylic on canvas
Overall: 23 5/8 × 35 7/16 in. (60 × 90 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Will Owen and Harvey Wagner
2013.65.17
Geography
Place Made: Australia, Oceania
Period
21st century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Provenance
Randell Lane Fine Art, Perth, Western Australia, Australia; sold to Will Owen (1952-2015) and Harvey Wagner, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, July 16, 2010; given to present collection, 2013.
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