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Important Australian Indigenous Art - 26 March 2024  |  Melbourne

Lot 57
John Mawurndjul
born 1952
MARDAYIN AT KAKODBEBULDI, 2002

natural earth pigments on stringybark (Eucalyptus tetradonta)

99.0 x 55.0 cm (irregular)



Estimate:
$14,000 – $18,000


Lot sold: $22,091 (inc. BP)


Lot Details

Description

John Mawurndjul
born 1952
MARDAYIN AT KAKODBEBULDI, 2002

natural earth pigments on stringybark (Eucalyptus tetradonta)

99.0 x 55.0 cm (irregular)

bears inscription on label verso: artist's name, medium, size, language group and Maningrida Arts and Culture cat. 6349-02

Provenance

Maningrida Arts and Culture, Maningrida, Northern Territory
Short Street Gallery, Broome
Private collection, Melbourne


This work is accompanied by certificates of authenticity from Short St Gallery, and Maningrida Arts and Culture which states:
'This work by the artist concerns a major patrimoiety ceremony of a secret and sacred nature called 'Mardayin'. Much of the meaning of the iconography in the painting is not in the domain of public knowledge and so it cannot be explained in detail here. The painting refers to a site, Kakodbebuldi, which is an outstation in Dangkorlo clan estate in the Mann River region. Kakodbebuldi is a Mardayin ceremony performance site and is located on a large billabong covered in waterlilies. This place is about 50km south of Maningrida in Central North Arnhem Land.'