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• Auction House:
  Bonhams Australia
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  23 Aug 2022 ~ 7pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  69
• Lot Description:
  John Mawurndjul
  (born 1952)
  Milmilngkan, 2009
  natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
  129.0 x 81.0cm (50 13/16 x 31 7/8in).
• Provenance:
  Maningrida Arts & Culture, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory (cat. 420-09); Annandale Galleries, Sydney; Private collection, Sydney
• Exhibited:
  John Mawurndjul - bark paintings & ceremonial poles, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, 20 May - 27 June 2009
• Notes:
  Milmilngkan is an important Rainbow serpent site for the Duwa Moiety. There is an outstation there where Mawurndjul spends part of the year. According to the accompanying Maningrida Arts & Culture documentation, '...Yes, this is the site at Milmilngkan and these represent water, you can see here. The water comes out [the four circles are the water/springs]. They are springs. The water comes out at Milmilngkan and there are springs there surrounded by water pandanus (Pandanus aquaticus) where the water comes out of the ground. This might be caused by rainbow serpents which live under the ground there. This is all cross-hatched here. The cross-hatching represents the country there. That's what happens there, I've recently seen the water coming up out of the ground there.'
• Estimate:
  A$20,000 - 30,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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