Important Aboriginal Art - 25 March 2009 | Melbourne
Lot 191
(SAWA VILLAGE, NORTH-WESTASMAT, WEST PAPUA) c.1980
carved from the trunk and buttress-like root of a mangrove tree, traces of white and red pigment
441.5 cm height
Estimate:
$3,000 - $5,000
Lot sold: $3,600 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
(SAWA VILLAGE, NORTH-WESTASMAT, WEST PAPUA) c.1980
carved from the trunk and buttress-like root of a mangrove tree, traces of white and red pigment
441.5 cm height
Provenance
Collected by Todd Barlin, 1986
Monumental Sculpture of West Papua, Sydney College of the Arts Gallery, 2000
Private collection, Sydney