Lot 35
  • 35

Aurangnamirri Wommatakimmi (Young Brook) circa 1920-1973 UNTITLED

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 AUD
bidding is closed

Description

  • AURANGNAMIRRI WOMMATAKIMMI (YOUNG BROOK)
  • UNTITLED
  • natural earth pigments on carved softwood
  • HEIGHT: 36.5CM

Provenance

Executed on Melville Island circa 1965
Jerome Gould Collection, Los Angeles
Sotheby's, Tribal Art and Aboriginal Paintings, Sydney, 4 December 1994, lot 277
Private collection
Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 9 July 2001, lot 273
The Estate of Graeme Galt

Condition

The sculpture has many areas of pigment loss, especially at the shoulders. There is a hole delibrately carvied into the mouth where it is probable that a pipe or other object was previously inserted. There are some fine hairline fractures on the reverse.
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