Important Aboriginal Art - 25 March 2009 | Melbourne
Lot 8
Lipundja Gupapuyngu
(c.1912 - 1968)
DIVER BIRD, c.1965
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
86.0 x 29.0 cm
Estimate:
$5,000 - 6,000
Lot Details
Description
Lipundja Gupapuyngu
(c.1912 - 1968)
DIVER BIRD, c.1965
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
86.0 x 29.0 cm
Provenance
Private collection, Melbourne
Catalogue text
The diver bird represents the final dance of the Gapapuydau mortuary rites. In this representation it has plunged into the sacred waterhole to seize a catfish. The black background indicates the power of the dive.