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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Ethnographic Art
• Sale Date:
  11 Dec 2016 ~ 11am
• Lot #:
  277
• Lot Description:
  George Yapa Yapa Tjangala
  Wala Wala Tingari, 1987
  synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen
  121 x 150 cm
• Provenance:
  Papunya Tula, N.T; Private Collection, VIC; Private Collection, NSW
• Exhibited:
  Green Street Gallery, New York, September 1990
• Notes:
  The Tingarri song and dance cycles are the most secret and sacred of the deeply religious rituals of the Western Desert Tribes of Central Australia. In the Dreamtime a group of old men moved continuously from waterhole to waterhole throughout the western desert. They were accompanied by novices and initiated men who were still undergoing ceremonies of instruction at various sites designated by the Tingarri men. These rituals consisted of hundreds of song and dance cycles telling of the travels and adventures of the Tingarri,their creation of sacred sites and fertility rites,the significance of body designs and decorations made of woven human hair .
• Estimate:
  A$5,500 - 8,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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