Lot 152: MUNGGURRAWUY YUNUPINGU 1907-1979 LAINTJUNG 1962 height: 74 cm Natural earth pigments on carved wood, human hair, resin, feathers, plant fibre string Provenance: Executed in the Yirrkla region, North East Arnhem Land Private collection, Melbounre Cf.

MUNGGURRAWUY YUNUPINGU 1907-1979 LAINTJUNG 1962 height: 74 cm Natural earth pigments on carved wood, human hair, resin, feathers, plant fibre string Provenance: Executed in the Yirrkla region, North East Arnhem Land Private collection, Melbounre Cf. O'Ferrall M., Keepers Of The Secrets; From Arnhem Land, Art Gallery of Western Australia, 1990, p.107, pls. 124 and 125 for two related examples by the artist 'This sculpture represents Laintjung, the Yirritja creator ancestor who was speared by his enemies and leaped into a pool. He passed through fire, and was transformed into the form of Banaitja, who taught the people how to live. The black head symbolizes smothered fire' (ibid. p.107).