Lizard sculpture
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- Type
- Wood carvings
- Date
- 1982 - 1992
- Place
- Mutitjulu, Northern Territory, Australia
- Materials
- Wood
- Collection
- Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1
- Accession number
- 1992.0089.0001
Description
Large wooden sculpture of a perentie lizard with an elliptical shaped head together with pokerwork designs overall, on the nose, mouth and the long neck. The sculpture has four legs, a wide belly and long tail with an overall design of continuous pokerwork circles connected to one another and over-lapping on the exterior surface while the lower body area is plain.
Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 6:13:00 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2025-12-12. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.