Long Conveyor

Artist Blanche Tilden (born 1968)

Place of OriginMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

Date1997

DimensionsH: 1/2 in. (1.2 cm); L: 185 1/16 in. (470 cm); W: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)

MediumFlameworked borosilicate glass, titanium, sterling silver.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Margy and Scott Trumbull through the Art Placement Program of the Glass Art Society

Object number

2008.185

On View

Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 2

Label TextThis etching relates to the soakage water site of Yunala, west of the Kiwirrkura community in Western Australia. In Ancestral times a large group of Tingari Men—Ancestral Beings whose movements helped to form sacred sites and bring features of the land into being—camped at this site before continuing their travels further east to Pinari, northwest of the Kintore Community. While at Yunala they gathered the edible roots of the bush banana or silky pear vine, also known as yunala, which is plentiful in the region. The designs in the work represent body paint worn by the men during ceremonies relating to Yunala. Since events associated with the Tingari Cycle are of a secret nature, no further detail was given.Published ReferencesBlanche Tilden: True, Canberra, SFA Press, 2010, repr. (col.) p. 55-56.Exhibition HistoryVetri Gallery, Seattle (WA), Wearable Work: James Minson and Blanche Tilden, June 5th- June 25, 2003.