37
Djawa, circa 1905-1980, DJALAMBU CEREMONIAL SKULL
Djawa, circa 1905-1980, DJALAMBU CEREMONIAL SKULLEstimate $3,000 – $5,000
JUMP TO LOT +
natural earth pigments on carved softwood
HEIGHT: 36.5CM
Provenance:
Presented to a film maker upon completion of filming the Djalambu Hollow Log mortuary ceremony for the Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies at Milingimbi, Central Arnhem Land in 1962
Private collection Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 26 and 27 June 2000, lot 25
Gabrielle Pizzi Collection
Cf. Louis Allen, Time Before Morning, Art and Myth of the Australian Aborigines, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1975, p.266 for two skulls by Yirrillil that may relate to this one
CONTACT INFORMATION +