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Mamoose (Chief Mamoose)

Dennis Nona
2005
Overview

Etching

Historical information

Exhibited at the Fremantle Arts Centre SFPA 2005. Print acquired from Basil Hall Editions/The Australian Art Print Network

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-7-1152
Item type
Etchings
Themes
Art and Design
First Peoples
Material
Etching
Width
49 cm
Height or length
96 cm
Contextual information

Chief Mamoose is chosen by the Kwod and is a traditional speaker about custom and law before feasts.

Keywords
Figurative
Indigenous
Place made
Australia
Year
2005
Primary significance criteria
Artistic or aesthetic significance
Social or spiritual significance
Comparative significance criteria
Object’s condition or completeness
Well provenanced
Last modified
Thursday, 6 June, 2024
Completeness
100
City of Fremantle Art Collection

City of Fremantle Art Collection

Indigenous etching of Chief Mamoose. The figure depicting Chief Mamoose is upper centre of the image holding a crocodile in his right hand and what could be a stingray in his left. Below the figure is a blue rectangle filled with various depictions of sea creatures, and on both sides of the rectangle are figures sitting sideways and cross legged

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