Primary Artist

Mathias Kauage (1944–2003)

Title

Meme bilong mi [My goat]

Date made

1969

Place made

Pacific, Papua New Guinea, National Capital District, Port Moresby View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

woodcut, printed in black ink, from one block

Matrix size

37.0 x 28.5 cm (printed image (irregular))

Support

white fibrous paper

Support size

45.0 x 45.8 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Kauage'. Not dated. Titled lower right below printed image in black pencil, ' 'MEME BILONG Mi' '.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

146561

Accession number

90.744

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 8, 1989/90 (1990-06-14)

Credit line

Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 1990

Subject category

Papua New Guinea, Art style: Contemporary, From 1968

Country of context

Papua New Guinea

Creators

Kauage, Mathias. | (1944–2003) Papua New Guinean | Male | artist