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Object Type
Museum number: 2014,2029.1
Title: Object: Malu Lag A Daparau
Description: Three central figures surrounded by sea and land animals. The figures are known as the 'Zugubal' (ancestral spirits), who inhabit the three elements of the natural world. Here the Daparau Zugub (Sky Zugub) is shown transforming into a Ngagalaig (Eagle), the Lagau Zugub (Land Zugub) into a Umai (Dog), and the Malu Zugub (Sea Zugub) into a Koedal (Crocodile).
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Production date: 2006
Production place: Made in: Queensland
Findspot: Found/Acquired: London (England)
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Dimensions: Height: 118 centimetres; Width: 232 centimetres
Location: Not on display
Subjects: myth/legend; crocodile
Associated places: Associated with: Torres Strait Islands
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Previous owner
Acquisition date: 2011
Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number: 2014,2029.1
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 2011,AFBMLoan,18.1 (AFBM loan number)

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