Macassan Pipe

ABADJERA: artist

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About the work


The pipe and tobacco were brought to Arnhem Land by the Macassars from Indonesia. The bowl is a claw from a crab.
Title
Macassan Pipe
Artist/Maker and role
ABADJERA: artist
Medium
crab claw, wood, paper bark, ochres
Measurements
62.7 x 5.0cm
Credit line
Purchased through the Western Australian Government, 1988
The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Accession number
1988/0555

View all works by ABADJERA (Australian, b.1904)

This is one of the ceremonial artefacts in our collection.



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