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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Ethnographic Art
• Sale Date:
  11 Dec 2016 ~ 11am
• Lot #:
  238
• Lot Description:
  Lorna Naparrula Fencer
  Big Potato, 1998
  synthetic polymer on canvas
  150 x 100 cm
• Provenance:
  Katherine Art Gallery, N.T; Coo-ee Aboriginal Art, NSW
• Notes:
  This painting depicts Wapartali - the Little Bush Potato. This is a favourite food of the Warlpiri and the major totem for this artist. In what is the major dreaming story for for Napurrulla women Wapartali and Yumurpa - the Big Bush potato fight a battle which ends in a just settlement. It is a morality tale about how Warlpiri people live in harmony. It is also one of the major ceremonial stories for the artist.
• Estimate:
  A$900 - 1,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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