Meri karim bilum i go long market [A woman carrying her string bag to market]
![Artist: b'Kauage, Mathias.' | Title: b'Meri karim bilum i go long market [A woman carrying her string bag to market]' | Date: 1978 | Technique: b'screenprint, printed in black ink, from one stencil'](/media/cache/ab/8f/ab8f40c8311f67d2255d079f4fa5e5c6.jpg)
Primary Artist
Mathias Kauage (1944–2003)
Title
Meri karim bilum i go long market [A woman carrying her string bag to market]
Other titles
Golm
Date made
1978
Place made
Pacific, Papua New Guinea, National Capital District, Port Moresby View on map Close map
Category
Print type
stencil
Technique
screenprint, printed in black ink, from one stencil
Matrix size
64.2 x 40.0 cm (printed image (irregular))
Support
thick white hot pressed paper
Support size
76.5 x 45.5 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
31/80
Edition information
edition of 80
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed printed lower left within printed image in black ink, 'KAUAGe'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below printed image in black pencil, 'Meri Karim Bilum I go long Market'. Inscribed with edition details, lower right below printed image in black pencil, '31/80'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
104732
Accession number
90.784
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 8, 1989/90 (1990-06-14)
Credit line
Roger Butler 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
Last Updated
09 Jan 2013