Bird totem
DJANGUBALI: artist
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The habits and songs of the totemic birds are mimed and sung during the mortuary rites. This bird totem is passed from hand to hand by the celebrants.
Title
Bird totem
Artist/Maker and role
DJANGUBALI: artist
Medium
paper bark, plant fibre string, ochres, resin, plumes (feathers).
Measurements
35 x 6 cm
Credit line
Purchased through the Western Australian Government, 1988
The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Accession number
1988/1701