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Yirawala, 1903-1976, NOWYRAN
Yirawala, 1903-1976, NOWYRANEstimate $6,000 – $8,000
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- Lot Sold $5,100 (Hammer Price)
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natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
61 BY 31CM
Provenance:
Likely to have been painted at Minjilang (Croker Island), Western Arnhem Land circa 1973 Private collection
Cf. Sandra Le Brun Holmes, Yirawala Artist and Man, Milton: Jacaranda, 1972, pp.6-7, which reads: 'Nowyran, the giant snake, biting the head off a bad child who was always whining. The mother tries to fend off Nowyran in vain. All naughty children have much to fear from the giant snake'.
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