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Aboriginal Art from the Luczo Family Collection - 19 October 2016  |  Melbourne

Lot 76
Lipundja Gupapuyngu
(c.1912 – 1968)
MOKUY FIGURE MURRIANA FROM THE GUPAPUYNGA MORTUARY RITES, c.1968

natural earth pigments on carved softwood

21.5 cm height



Estimate:
$1,500 – 2,000


Lot sold: $3,904 (inc. BP)


Lot Details

Description

Lipundja Gupapuyngu
(c.1912 – 1968)
MOKUY FIGURE MURRIANA FROM THE GUPAPUYNGA MORTUARY RITES, c.1968

natural earth pigments on carved softwood

21.5 cm height

Provenance

Created at Milingimbi, Central Arnhem Land
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired directly from the artist in 1968
Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 24 March 2010, lot 151
The Luczo Family Collection, USA