Paddy Henry (Teeampi) Ripijingimpi, circa 1925-1999, UNTITLED (CURLEW)

Paddy Henry (Teeampi) Ripijingimpi, circa 1925-1999, UNTITLED (CURLEW)

Estimate $4,000 – $6,000

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Lot Sold $6,000 (Hammer Price)
$7,200 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

natural earth pigments on carved ironwood
HEIGHT: 50CM

Provenance:
Executed on Bathurst or Melville Islands
Aboriginal Art Centre, Gallery of Dreams, Sydney (Hogarth Gallery)
Gabrielle Pizzi Collection

The bird is most probably a representation of the curlew in the Purukuparli ancestral narrative.

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Aboriginal and Oceanic Art

OCEANICART | 26 Jul 2010 |
2:30 PM

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