Museum - Tineriba Gallery in Hahndorf, South Australia

Carved Emu Egg A quintessential Australia item. The thick shell of an emu egg is actually comprised of around seven distinct layers, each being a slightly different colour than the one underneath. An expert egg carver, such as the South Australian Indigenous artist, Bluey Roberts, has highlighted each layer in this detailed, exquisite cameo carving, such as on this egg done in the late 1980’s.

Hohao Board Elema people Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea Collected there in the early 1960’s Carved from the side of an old war canoe, then hung in the men’s longhouse.

Traditional Tiwi Bark basket or ‘Tunga’ Tiwi people of Melville Island, Northern Territory, Australia c. 2017 Materials: Stringybark with natural earth ochres This ‘Tunga’ was created by Josette Papajua at Munupi.... Exhibited at the South Australian Art Gallery, Adelaide. See more

Tatanua Mask Libba Village, New Ireland c. late 20th Century Field collected by H. Gallasch (1994), after a traditional ceremony Materials: Face carved in the timber Alstonia scholaris, head cover of bush fibre... Comments: Tatanua masks are one of the many mask types used in ceremonials associated with the Malangan culture of the peoples of the east-coast of New Ireland and adjacent islands. Traditionally these masks were either burnt after use or discarded in the jungle. See more

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