Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art - 14 October 2009 | Melbourne
Lot 176
BUSHFIRE STORY WOOMERA, 1965
natural earth pigments on softwood
89.0 cm length
Estimate:
$1,500 - 2,000
Lot sold: $1,800 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
BUSHFIRE STORY WOOMERA, 1965
natural earth pigments on softwood
89.0 cm length
Provenance
Methodist Overseas Mission, Milingimbi, 1965 (accompanied by original label)
Private collection, Sydney
This work is accompanied by the original Mission label which is inscribed: 35 / Tribe - Hakara / District - Millimgimbi / Woomera - spear thrower - decorated on front with wild bees from the bushfire story and on the back with sacred waterlilies. 1965