Made in Maprik. A Village Art Exhibition of traditional Abelam art.

Primary Artist

Creative Arts Centre (1972–)

Title

Made in Maprik. A Village Art Exhibition of traditional Abelam art.

Date made

01/01/1976

Place made

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

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Category

Poster

Print type

stencil

Technique

screenprint, printed in colour inks, from four screens

Text printed from matrix

printed centre above image, 'MADE IN / MAPRIK'.

Matrix size

71.0 x 48.5 cm (printed image (irregular))

Support

thick white hot-pressed paper

Support size

81.8 x 51.0 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Production notes

The exhibition opened on 23 October 1976. See 'Papua New Guinea Post-Courier' 27 October 1976 , page 5

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

no inscriptions.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

152597

Accession number

2006.654.39

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 6, 2005/2006 (2006-06-13)

Provenance

Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from Cecilia Ng, New South Wales, 2006.

Credit line

Gift of Cecilia Ng in memory of Anthony Forge 2006

Subject categories

Art exhibition poster | Papua New Guinea, Art style: Contemporary, From 1968

Creators

UNKNOWN ARTIST, | | artist

Last Updated

15 Apr 2026