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• Auction House:
  Bonhams Australia
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  23 Aug 2022 ~ 7pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  67
• Lot Description:
  Nawurapu Wunungmurra
  (circa 1952-2018)
  Garrapara, 2004
  natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
  235.0 x 93.0cm (92 1/2 x 36 5/8in).
  inscribed verso: '2543D / NAWURAPU / 0404GAN'
• Provenance:
  Buku-Larrngay Mulka, Yirrkala, Northern Territory (cat. 2541F); The Estate of the late John Stringer; Sotheby's, Melbourne, 26 July 2010, lot 151; Private collection, Sydney
• Exhibited:
  21st Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 14 August - 7 November 2004
• Notes:
  According to the accompanying Buku-Larrngay Mulka documentation, 'Garraparra is a coastal headland within Blue Mud Bay. This sacred design shows the water of Djalma Bay chopped up by the blustery South Easterlies of the early Dry season. It marks the spot of a sacred burial area for the Dhalwanu clan and a site where dispute was formally settled by Makarrata (ceremony in which wrongdoers were subject to ordeal by spear).'
• Estimate:
  A$7,000 - 10,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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