sculpture
- Museum number
- 2011,2015.1
- Title
- Object: Yawkyawk
- Description
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Sculpture made from plaited pandanus fibre.
- Production date
- 2006
- Dimensions
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Length: 180 centimetres
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Width: 36 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Yawkyawk is a word from the Aboriginal Kunwinjku/Kunwok language, meaning 'young woman' and 'young woman spirit being'.
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This piece appears in the exhibition catalogue Rarrk-London 2007, published to accompany the exhibition Rarrk-London held at the Bargehouse, South Bank, London, from 20 September to 7 October 2007.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2011
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased from the Josh Lilley Gallery in March 2011
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- 2011,2015.1
