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

Lot 20
Mani-Luki (Harry Carpenter) Wommatakimmi
(c.1914 – 1980)
PURUKAPALI AND BIMA, 1962

natural earth pigments on carved softwood

49.5 and 48.5 cm height



Estimate:
$15,000 – 20,000 (2)


Lot sold: $12,200 (inc. BP)


Lot Details

Description

Mani-Luki (Harry Carpenter) Wommatakimmi
(c.1914 – 1980)
PURUKAPALI AND BIMA, 1962

natural earth pigments on carved softwood

49.5 and 48.5 cm height

Provenance

Private collection, Adelaide, acquired at Milikapiti, Melville Island, 1962
Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 24 July 2007, lot 76
The Luczo Family Collection, USA

Literature

Isaacs, J., Tiwi: Art / History / Culture, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2012, p. 69 (illus. as ‘Macassan Figures’)