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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Timed Online Auction | Modern, Contemporary + Indigenous Art
• Sale Date:
  05 Sep 2023 ~ 7pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  32
• Lot Description:
  Harry Tjutjuna
  (born c.1930)
  Mututa Tjurkurpa (Bilby Woman), 2010
  synthetic polymer paint on canvas
  131.0 x 80.0 cm
  bears inscription verso: artist's name, size and Niniku Arts cat. 10106
• Provenance:
  Niniku Arts, Pipalyatjara, South Australia; Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney; Estate of the late Annie McFarling, Melbourne; acquired from the above in August 2010
• Notes:
  This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Ninuku Arts which states: 'That minyma ninu (bilby woman) and her family were eating all the maku (witchetty grubs). There are a lot of different maku, tjilka-tjilka, punti, ngarkalya and kanturangu. She ate so much that there were only ngingirpa left (little immature ones). The wati mututa (ant men) got really angry and they chased the bilby family, husband, wife and kids and speared them. They came marching all together.'
• Estimate:
  A$2,000 - 3,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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