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  • WANAMBI DUNDIWUY - UNTITLED - NATURAL OCHRES ON BARK
    May. 21, 2024

    WANAMBI DUNDIWUY - UNTITLED - NATURAL OCHRES ON BARK

    Est: $1,200 - $1,800

    WANAMBI DUNDIWUY (1936-1996) UNTITLED Legend verso Natural ochres on bark 142 x 51cm Estimate $1,200/1,800 AUD

    GFL Fine Art
  • DUNDIWUY WANAMBI (1936-1996) UNTITLED
    Mar. 18, 2023

    DUNDIWUY WANAMBI (1936-1996) UNTITLED

    Est: $300 - $500

    DUNDIWUY WANAMBI (1936-1996) Untitled. Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark. Approx L117 x 33cm. PROVENANCE Painted in the Yirrkala region, Northeast Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. Code No. 327C. Ex Coote Collection, Sydney. PROVENANCE John Magers Collection, Sydney.

    Vickers & Hoad
  • Dundiwuy Wanambi (c.1936-1996) Goanna associated with Wuyal Myth
    Dec. 03, 2019

    Dundiwuy Wanambi (c.1936-1996) Goanna associated with Wuyal Myth

    Est: $2,000 - $2,500

    Dundiwuy was a Marrakula clan leader, sculptor and artist, becoming one of the most well known artists of North East Arnhem Land in the 1980s. He was also one of the Yirrikala artists who painted the famous 1968 bark petition, which featured the major ancestral spirit Woijal. This historic Australian document was the second traditional bark petition prepared by Indigenous Australians that was recognised by the Australian Parliament. In this painting freshwater goanna are depicted with freshwater mussels in their mouth (Djarrwiti). The black object in the middle is a sacred ceremonial ground (Mulk). The Rock Wallaby at the top is associated with Wuyal, the Wild Honey Ancestral being who travelled in the same country as the Wagilag sisters. Wuyal is responsible for establishing a number of totemic sites and sacred emblems. Dots represent air bubbles coming out from the goanna.

    Cooee Art
  • Dundiwuy Wanambi, 1936-1996, WUYAL - THE HONEY ANCESTOR
    Jul. 27, 2010

    Dundiwuy Wanambi, 1936-1996, WUYAL - THE HONEY ANCESTOR

    Est: $1,200 - $1,800

    Dundiwuy Wanambi, 1936-1996, WUYAL - THE HONEY ANCESTOR natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark 83 BY 58CMProvenance: Painted in Eastern Arnhem Land circa 1963 Purchased by the vendor from Dorothy Bennett in 1963 Private collection

    Smith & Singer
  • Dundiwuy Wanambi, 1936-1996, WUYAL, HONEY ANCESTOR
    Jul. 26, 2010

    Dundiwuy Wanambi, 1936-1996, WUYAL, HONEY ANCESTOR

    Est: $8,000 - $12,000

    Dundiwuy Wanambi, 1936-1996, WUYAL, HONEY ANCESTOR natural earth pigments on wood, pandanus, feathers and bush string  HEIGHT: 138CM  Provenance:  Executed in North-East Arnhem Land in the 1980s  Private collection  Deutcher-Menzies, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 27-28 June 2000, lot 75  Private collection

    Smith & Singer
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