Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20th September 2016

Lot 578

An Aborigine bark painting Northern Australia Four fishermen with spears and flaming torches

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £170

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Description

An Aborigine bark painting

Northern Australia

Four fishermen with spears and flaming torches, with fish and crabs, with applied baton ends,

39 x 23cm,

a bark painting depicting three kangaroos and a lizard in a rocky landscape, the reverse inscribed Ninippa Munungurr; a bark painting by Neerwilli of Port Keats depicting Muit, the giant python and five ovals of a corroboree dance. (3)