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  • TOMMY STEELE (born 1940) (Language group: Burarra) Fish Trap jungle vine (Malaisia scandens) 180cm (height)
    Aug. 28, 2023

    TOMMY STEELE (born 1940) (Language group: Burarra) Fish Trap jungle vine (Malaisia scandens) 180cm (height)

    Est: $3,000 - $5,000

    TOMMY STEELE (born 1940) (Language group: Burarra) Fish Trap jungle vine (Malaisia scandens) 180cm (height) PROVENANCE: Maningrida Arts & Culture, Northern Territory (accompanied by a copy of a certificate of authenticity) William Mora Galleries, Melbourne Private collection, Melbourne OTHER NOTES: "To make fish traps and fish net fences artist firstly get vine-mirlarl from the jungle and they put it in water for one night to make it soft. Next they start weaving it, they make rings for the inside to keep the fish traps shape. Artists work for three for four weeks on the fish trap. They also make string from kurrajong- burdage to attach the hibiscus- bardainy rings and to tie the conical end of the fish trap. This fish trap is used in saltwater side and the freshwater side and people also use fish net fences called mun-dirra. Along time ago they would put the mun-dirra-fish net fence across rivers and creeks and in the middle, they would place the an-gujechiya the fish trap, they also use small things like sticks, rocks, mud and grass to block the fish from going through. People catch fish like saltwater barramundi rajarra, freshwater barramundi Janambal, small black freshwater catfish buliya, bonefish an-guwirrpiya and Sand bass dalakan in these fish traps." As stated on the Maningrida Arts & Culture certificate of authenticity © Tommy Steele/Copyright Agency, 2023

    Leonard Joel
  • Tommy Gondorra Steele (born 1940) Jima Jima (Water Lily), 2007
    Aug. 24, 2021

    Tommy Gondorra Steele (born 1940) Jima Jima (Water Lily), 2007

    Est: $6,000 - $8,000

    Tommy Gondorra Steele (born 1940) Jima Jima (Water Lily), 2007 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark 142.0 x 72.0cm (55 7/8 x 28 3/8in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website

    Bonhams
  • Tommy Steele (b. 1940)
    Oct. 29, 2019

    Tommy Steele (b. 1940)

    Est: $700 - $900

    Lorrkon Ceremony at Wurdeja, 1996 ochres on bark, Maningrida Arts and Culture certificate verso, Cat No. 4460

    Shapiro Auctioneers
  • TOMMY GONDORRA STEELE (BORN 1940) Waterlily Roots 2002 ochre pigments with PVC fixative on stringybark
    Oct. 10, 2013

    TOMMY GONDORRA STEELE (BORN 1940) Waterlily Roots 2002 ochre pigments with PVC fixative on stringybark

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    TOMMY GONDORRA STEELE (BORN 1940) Waterlily Roots 2002 ochre pigments with PVC fixative on stringybark 124 x 32cm PROVENANCE: The Estate of the Late Jim Mann, Sydney OTHER NOTES: Accompanied by certificate of authenticity with cat. no. '7073-02' from Maningrida Arts and Culture, Arnhem Land

    Leonard Joel
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