Morning Star Pole, c.1999

?wood, feathers, ochre, bush string and Dyes,

140 x 7 x 7 cm

$3,500

Provenance: Elcho Island Arts, Galiwin'ku, NT Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
Exhibited: Dream Catchers - Featuring Maningrida, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, October 2012
Artwork story: Morning Star poles are made by only a small handful of highly initiated people. The poles are associated with stories of the spirits on their journey from this world into the eternal spiritual resting place in the sky. The various types of poles, and their individual stories, link clans and areas of land associated with the travels of the Djankawu, the creation ancestors of all people of the Dhuwa Moiety. The Morning Star (Venus) is the resting place of all Dhuwa souls.

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?wood, feathers, ochre, bush string and Dyes,

140 x 7 x 7 cm

$3,500

Provenance: Elcho Island Arts, Galiwin'ku, NT Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
Exhibited: Dream Catchers - Featuring Maningrida, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, October 2012
Artwork story: Morning Star poles are made by only a small handful of highly initiated people. The poles are associated with stories of the spirits on their journey from this world into the eternal spiritual resting place in the sky. The various types of poles, and their individual stories, link clans and areas of land associated with the travels of the Djankawu, the creation ancestors of all people of the Dhuwa Moiety. The Morning Star (Venus) is the resting place of all Dhuwa souls.