Accession No
2005.279
Description
'Independence Celebration 4'. Screen-print by Mathias Kauage,edition 32/60. Undated [1975] referencing Papua New Guinea Independence in 1975. Four people wearing feather headdresses are shown dancing in a truck decorated with flowers.
Multicoloured with green background from seven screens (one of four designs.
Inscription in pencil lower right border "32/60 Independence celebration 4 KAUAGE'.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; New Guinea; Papua New Guinea; Southeast Coast; Port Moresby
Period
Source
Strathern, Marilyn (Dame, Prof.) [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
2005.279
Cultural Affliation
Material
Paper; Pigment; ink
Local Term
Measurements
950mm x 680mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Noted 'Framed by Patrick Smith 18.8.78' on old backing board, now disposed of.
Event Date 5/10/2015
Author: maa
Context (Acquisition Details)
Professor Dame Marilyn Stathern, William Wyseman Professor of Anthropology, 1993- 2008, Cambridge University, conducted fieldwork in the New Guinea Highlands and in Port Moresby from the 1960s onward
Event Date 5/10/2015
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
'Independence Celebration 4'. Screen-print by Mathias Kauage,edition 32/60. Undated [1975] referencing Papua New Guinea Independence in 1975. Four people wearing feather headdresses are shown dancing in a truck decorated with flowers.
Multicoloured with green background from seven screens (one of four designs.
Inscription in pencil lower right border "32/60 Independence celebration 4 KAUAGE'.
Event Date 5/10/2015
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
One of four designs called Independance Celebrations
[From notes by Prof. Marilyn Strathern, 18/8/2003]
Event Date 25/9/2018
Author: rachel hand
FM:268706
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