Attributed to Lipundja, circa 1912-1968, MOKUY BEARING LUNGGURRMA DESIGN

natural earth pigments on carved wood  
HEIGHT: 126CM  
Provenance: Executed at Milingimbi, Central Arnhem Land in the 1960s  
Gabrielle Pizzi Collection  

Exhibited:  
Aratjara: Art of the First Australians, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, 24 April-4 July 1993; Hayward Gallery, London, 23 July-10 October 1993, Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, 11 February-23 May 1994, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 23 June-15 August 1994  

Literature: 
Bernhard Lüthi et al, Aratjara: Art of the First Australians, Cologne: Dumont, 1993, p.161, cat.no.32 (illus.)
Djon Mundine, et al., The Native Born: Objects and representations from Ramingining, Arnhem Land, Sydney: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1999, p.66 (illus.)

Cf. For four similar sculptures of mokuy or dead spirit figures by the artist, see Judith Ryan, Land Marks, Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria, 2006, p.28, (illus.). These are titled ‘Bumuri/Wayarre Lunggurrma' figures; and see Michael A. O'Ferrall, Keepers of the Secrets: Aboriginal Art from Arnhem Land in the Collection of The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth: The Art Gallery of Western Australia, 1990, p.71, fig.83 (illus.) for another large Mokuy by Lipundja