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Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art - 27 March 2013  |  Melbourne

Lot 81
Birrikitji Gumana
(1898 - 1982)
MACASSAN STORY

natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

110.5 x 50.0 cm



Estimate:
$3,000 - 5,000


Lot sold: $2,400 (inc. BP)


Lot Details

Description

Birrikitji Gumana
(1898 - 1982)
MACASSAN STORY

natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

110.5 x 50.0 cm

Provenance

Collection of J.A. Davidson, Melbourne
Private collection, Sydney
Private collection, Melbourne

A common theme in Arnhem Land bark painting, this work recalls the Macassan fisherman who every Wet Season would take advantage of the south East trade winds and travel to the shores of Arnhem Land to collect fish, pearl shell and sea cucumber (trepang).