Firestarter (Water Skater)
Michael Boiyool Anning, Yidinyji / Australian, born 1955
Yidinyji
Ravenshoe
East Cape York
Cape York Peninsula
Queensland
Australia
2000
Painted wood and fibre
Overall: 20 1/16 × 5 7/8 in. (51 × 15 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Will Owen and Harvey Wagner
2016.1.180
Geography
Place Made: Australia, Oceania
Period
21st century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Provenance
Redback Art Gallery, Gordon Park, Queensland, Australia; sold to Will Owen (1952-2015) and Harvey Wagner (1931-2017), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, April 12, 2000; given to present collection, 2016.
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