Snake sculpture
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- Type
- Wood carvings
- Date
- 1982
- Place
- Ernabella, South Australia, Australia
- Materials
- Wood
- Collection
- Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1
- Accession number
- 1992.0089.0132
Description
A curved wooden snake sculpture standing on a part of its body with an upright head and tail. The exterior surface is covered in pokerwork markings of continuous consecutive overlapping semi-circles with the exception of the tip of its tail which is darkly shaded.
Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 5:14:28 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2025-02-23. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.