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      • SAMSON BONSON, MIMIH SPIRIT, 2006
        Aug. 19, 2020

        SAMSON BONSON, MIMIH SPIRIT, 2006

        Est: $800 - $1,200

        SAMSON BONSON born 1968 MIMIH SPIRIT, 2006 ochre and pigments with PVA fixative on beach hibiscus 251.0 cm height PROVENANCE Maningrida Arts and Culture, Northern Territory Josh Lilley Fine Art, London The Peter and Renate Nahum Collection of Aboriginal Art, London EXHIBITED Rarrk - London, Josh Lilley Fine Art in conjunction with Maningrida Arts and Culture, London, 20 September – 7 October 2007 This work is located at our Sydney gallery © Samson Bonson/Copyright Agency, 2020

        Deutscher and Hackett
      • SAMSON BONSON, MIMIH SPIRIT, 2007
        May. 19, 2020

        SAMSON BONSON, MIMIH SPIRIT, 2007

        Est: $1,500 - $2,000

        WORKS FROM THE MACLEAN COLLECTION SAMSON BONSON born 1968 MIMIH SPIRIT, 2007 natural earth pigments with synthetic binder on carved kurrajong 168.0 cm height PROVENANCE Maningrida Arts and Culture, Maningrida, Northern Territory (cat. 1664–07) Annandale Galleries, Sydney Maclean collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in November 2007 EXHIBITED Young Guns II, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, 16 April – 10 May 2007 (illus. in exhibition catalogue, p.15) This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Maningrida Arts and Culture, Maningrida which states in part: ‘Aboriginal people in the rocky environments of western and south-western Arnhem Land tell of the existence of tall slender spirits which they call Mimih. The name Mimih is well known throughout the top end of the Northern Territory. Aboriginal groups living in the rocky environments of western and southern Arnhem Land share mythology which relates to the beings known as Mimih. The people of western Arnhem Land believe that Mimih spirits live in a social organisation similar to Aboriginal people and that Mimih society existed before humans. Mimih are credited with instructing the first people with knowledge relating to survival in the rocky environment of the Arnhem Land plateau. Mimih are said to have taught the first humans how to hunt and butcher game and also how to dance sing and paint. Despite the usual descriptions of Mimih as being benign towards humans sometimes however they are attributed with mischievous and dangerous qualities, capable of kidnapping and even killing humans. Mimih are however, terribly thin, having necks so slender that a stiff breeze would be fatal. For this reason, they emerge only on windless days and nights to hunt. As soon as a breeze develops, the Mimih are said to run back to their rocky caverns and disappear inside.’ This item is located at our Melbourne Gallery © Samson Bonson/Copyright Agency, 2020

        Deutscher and Hackett
      • SAMSON BONSON (born 1968) Mimih Spirit 2002 natural earth pigments on carved softwood
        Jun. 04, 2019

        SAMSON BONSON (born 1968) Mimih Spirit 2002 natural earth pigments on carved softwood

        Est: $1,500 - $2,500

        SAMSON BONSON (born 1968) Mimih Spirit 2002 natural earth pigments on carved softwood 197cm (height) PROVENANCE: Maningrida Arts and Culture, Northern Territory Private collection, Melbourne Joel Fine Art, Melbourne, 7 June 2007, lot 154 Private collection, Melbourne

        Leonard Joel
      • SAMSON BONSON, born 1968, UNTITLED (LORRKON), 2007, earth pigments on hollow log
        Apr. 05, 2017

        SAMSON BONSON, born 1968, UNTITLED (LORRKON), 2007, earth pigments on hollow log

        Est: $1,500 - $2,500

        SAMSON BONSON, born 1968, UNTITLED (LORRKON), 2007, earth pigments on hollow log DIMENSIONS: 193.0 cm height PROVENANCE: Maningrida Arts and Culture, Maningrida, Northern Territory (cat. 3293-07) Raft Artspace, Darwin The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, acquired from the above in October 2007 ESSAY: This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Maningrida Arts and Culture, Maningrida, Northern Territory

        Deutscher and Hackett
      • SAMSON BONSON (born 1968) Mimih Spirit 2007 natural earth pigments on carved wood
        Sep. 06, 2016

        SAMSON BONSON (born 1968) Mimih Spirit 2007 natural earth pigments on carved wood

        Est: $1,000 - $2,000

        SAMSON BONSON (born 1968) Mimih Spirit 2007 natural earth pigments on carved wood 154cm height PROVENANCE: Annandale Galleries, Sydney 2007 Private collection, Sydney EXHIBITIONS: Spirit in Variation: The Art of Maningrida, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, 7 November - 8 December 2007

        Leonard Joel
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