Part 2: Important Aboriginal Art - 28 November 2012 | Melbourne
Lot 147
Attributed To Mick Aruni Illortaminni
(c.1917 - 1973)
DUGONG SPIRIT FIGURE, c.1958
natural earth pigments on carved ironwood
52.0 cm height
Estimate:
$4,000 - 6,000
Lot sold: $3,600 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Attributed To Mick Aruni Illortaminni
(c.1917 - 1973)
DUGONG SPIRIT FIGURE, c.1958
natural earth pigments on carved ironwood
52.0 cm height
Provenance
Acquired at Bathurst Island, 1958
Dorothy Bennett Collection, Darwin
Private collection, Sydney
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 9 July 2001, lot 15
Private collection, Melbourne