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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Oceanic, Aboriginal & Tribal Art
• Sale Date:
  28 Jun 2021 ~ 6pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  9129
• Lot Description:
  Attributed to Muramba
  (Early 20th Century)
  The Rockman Nimbawah
  Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
• Provenance:
  Painted at Oenpelli (Gunbalanya) Western Arnhem Land; Collection of William McE. Miller Jr USA; Sotheby's Australia, Aboriginal & Oceanic Art 24 November 2009 L 20; Corporate Collection, Sydney
• Exhibited:
  The Art of Arnhem Land: From the Collection ow William McE. Miller Jr, The Taylor Muesuem of the Colorado Sprins Fine Arts Centre, 1966 Cat. no. 29
• References:
  Shalkop, RL. The art of Arnhem Land: From the Collection of William McE. Miller Jr. Colorado: The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Centre, 1966 Cat. no. 29 (illus.)
• Notes:
  The Art of Arnhem Land exhibition catalogue states: 'According to the myth, Nimbawah traveled with his two dogs, cutting his way through the hills. One day he reached a lagoon and met a pigeon-hawk. Nimbawah told him he was tired of life and was going to turn himself into a barramundi (a fish). After he did so, the lagoon began to rise so he turned himself into a rainbow, and still later into a large rock (shown in the painting) which the aborigines identify with one of the prominent landmarks in the Oenpelli area today'.
• Estimate:
  A$2,500 - 3,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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