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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  An Important Private Collection
• Sale Date:
  14 Sep 2014 ~ 2.30pm
• Lot #:
  35
• Lot Description:
  A Group of Ceremonial Feathered Adornments
  Aurukun Region, Far North Queensland
  hair string, wool, twigs, resin, natural earth pigments, and feathers
  126 cm; 53 cm; 39 cm; 24cm (4)
• Provenance:
  Gumbayah Park Museum, Victoria; Private Collection, Victoria; Important Aboriginal Art, Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 28 June 1999, lot 214, illustrated; Private Collection, New South Wales
• Notes:
  For a photograph of two young women in mortuary dress for 'Wuungk' (a mourning-style ceremonial song) taken in 1933 see Peter Sutton, Dreamings: The Art of Aboriginal Australia, G.Braziller, 1998, p.27. In this photo photograph the women are seen wearing the same type of ceremonial skirt and a head dress similar to the example adorned with Sulphur Crested Cockatoo feathers.
• Estimate:
  A$1,200 - 1,800
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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