Lot 227: DECLAN APUATIMI 1930-1985 A TIWI PUKUMANI POLE (TUTINI) C. 1978 height: 218 cm Natural earth pigments on carved ironwood Provenance: Executed at Melville or Bathurst Island, circa 1978 Centre, Sydney Private collection, USA Private collection,

DECLAN APUATIMI 1930-1985 A TIWI PUKUMANI POLE (TUTINI) C. 1978 height: 218 cm Natural earth pigments on carved ironwood Provenance: Executed at Melville or Bathurst Island, circa 1978 Centre, Sydney Private collection, USA Private collection, Adelaide Cf. West, M., Declan; A Tiwi Artist, Australian City Properties Ltd., Perth 1987, p 18, illus. A no. 4 for a burial post by the artist with similar decorations.