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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian + International Fine Art featuring The Peter and Renate Nahum Collection of Aboriginal Art
• Sale Date:
  15 Jul 2020 ~ 7pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  97
• Lot Description:
  Ricardo Idagi
  (born 1957)
  Baizam Tirig (Sharks Teeth) Merian Mask/Headdress (Torres Strait Islands), 2008
  bamboo, coconut leaf, pandanus raffia, natural pigments, feathers, mussel shell, seed pods, goa nuts and cane
  86.0 x 30.0 x 40.0 cm
  EXHIBITED: "Ricardo Idagi: Sor Peklam – From The Shell", Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne, 15 October – 8 November 2008, cat. 6 (illus. in exhibition catalogue); "Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards", Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 25 July – 15 November 2009 (winner); ; This work was included in a group of four masks at "Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards" that were awarded the $50,000 first prize. These headdresses and masks are created using traditional tools and materials such as shell, feathers, seeds, hair, cane, raffia, nuts and ochre. They are a celebration of the living culture of the Torres Strait Islands, and the fusion of its religion, law and art.
• Provenance:
  Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne ; The Peter and Renate Nahum Collection of Aboriginal Art, London, acquired from the above in 2008
• Estimate:
  A$8,000 - 12,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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