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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Aboriginal Art
• Sale Date:
  30 Mar 2022 ~ 7pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  59
• Lot Description:
  Maria Josette Orsto
  born 1962
  Miyinga, 2007
  natural earth pigments on canvas
  160.0 x 198.5 cm
  bears inscription verso: artist's name, title, date and Tiwi Design cat. p167-07
• Provenance:
  Tiwi Design, Nguiu, Bathurst Island, Northern Territory (stamped verso); Alison Kelly Gallery, Melbourne, cat. AKG1403; Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2008
• Exhibited:
  unDisclosed: 2nd National Indigenous Art Triennial', National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 11 May - 22 July 2012 (registration number verso, IRN20724, as 'Jikapayinga (Female Crocodile)')
• References:
  Cubillo, F., and Lane, C.,' unDisclosed: 2nd National Indigenous Art Triennial', National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2012, pp. 107 (illus.), 141, 160 (as 'Jikapayinga (Female Crocodile)'). This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tiwi Design which states: ‘Old People used to get knife and cut themselves when their cousin brother eldest passed away. They used comb to paint this design on their body called miyinga. This painting is made with the ironwood comb too.’
• Estimate:
  A$10,000 - 15,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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