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Aurangnamirri Wommatakimmi (Young Brook) circa 1920-1973
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description
- AURANGNAMIRRI WOMMATAKIMMI (YOUNG BROOK)
- Untitled
- Natural earth pigments on carved wood with traces of natural resin
- 74cm high
Provenance
Executed at Milikapiti (Snake Bay), Melville Island, circa 1950s
Sotheby’s, Aboriginal and Tribal Art, Sydney, 9 November, 1997, lot 183 (AU619)
Fiona Brockhoff, Melbourne
Sotheby’s, Aboriginal and Tribal Art, Sydney, 9 November, 1997, lot 183 (AU619)
Fiona Brockhoff, Melbourne
Exhibited
Open Air: Portraits in the Landscape, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 3 December 2008 - 1 March 2009
Literature
Andrew Sayers, Open Air: Portraits in the Landscape, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 2008, illus. p. 28.
Catalogue Note
This sculpture is most probably a representation of Purukapali.