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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Art | Australian | International | Aboriginal Auction
• Sale Date:
  14 Sep 2020 ~ 6pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  6125
• Lot Description:
  Alan Dowler Kamara
  (20th Century) Central Australia
  Frog Spirit Dreaming 1995
  Block ink on Arches paper
  81 x 58 cm
  The artist takes the ancient designs of his ancestors & creates them in new media, working with water based powder paint.
• Provenance:
  The Original Dreamtime Gallery Cerificate of Authenticity, Catalogue no. ADK-1029
• Notes:
  Frogs (Nungi) are sacred to the Aboriginal People of Northern Australia. They live near waterholes & in creek beds, which belong to a particular tribe. Aboriginal people may drink water from rock holes or river soakages, occassionally they must perform special rituals to please the Spirit Ancestors, who created the frogs in the Dreamtime. The Frong is often regarded as the creatof to the Thunder Storms, which bring much needed rain to desert regions in times of drought.
• Estimate:
  A$1,500 - 1,900
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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