The Morning Star totem - Morning Star ceremony

MANUWA: artist

Not On Display

About the work


Totems are objects, flora, fauna and natural phenomena that connect people to ancestral beings and to place.
Title
The Morning Star totem - Morning Star ceremony
Artist/Maker and role
MANUWA: artist
Medium
ochres, feathers, plant fibre string, wood and resin
Measurements
172.0cm (height)
Credit line
Purchased through the Western Australian Government, 1988
The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Accession number
1988/1152

This is one of the ceremonial artefacts in our collection.



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