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    HomeCollectionAthena Observes a Fracas
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    Marian Maguire

    Aotearoa New Zealand, b.1962

    Athena Observes a Fracas

    • 2005
    • Lithograph
    • Purchased, 2005
    • 550 x 760mm
    • 2005/047

    Tags: Classical, Maori (culture or style), appropriation (imagery), colonization, ferns, flags, goddesses, helmets, koru (pattern), landscapes (representations), men (male humans), natural landscapes, patterns (design elements), people (agents), plants (living organisms), seas, ships, smoke (material), spirals (geometric figures), women (female humans)

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