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Bluey Ilkarr, born circa 1925, LUMAH LUMAH AND HIS WIFE
Bluey Ilkarr, born circa 1925, LUMAH LUMAH AND HIS WIFEEstimate $2,500 – $3,500
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natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
bears artist's name and story on Oenpelli Church Missionary Society label on the reverse
97 BY 39.5CM
Provenance:
Painted at Oenpelli (Gunbalanya), Western Arnhem Land circa 1978
Church Missionary Society, Oenpelli
Private collection, USA
The Church Missionary Society label on the reverse states: 'Luma-luma (sic.) the giant ancestral myth forming the basis of the Maraian ceremony of the Gunwinggu, parts of which deal with age-grading rites'.
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