Lot #155 - Jimmy Ngalakurn
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Auction House:Deutscher and Hackett
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Sale Name:Part 2: Important Aboriginal & Oceanic Art
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Sale Date:27 Nov 2013 ~ 7pm
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Lot #:155
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Lot Description:Jimmy Ngalakurn
born 1946
Lorrkon, 2006
natural earth pigments on hollow log
221.0 x 15.0 cm -
Provenance:Manigrida Arts and Culture, Northern Territory (cat. 5000-06); Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne; Private collection, Melbourne
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Notes:This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Manigrida Arts and Culture which states in part: 'The Lorrkon or bone coffin ceremony was the final ceremony in a sequence of mortuary rituals celebrated the people of Arnhem Land. This ceremony involved the placing of the deceased bones into a hollow log which was decorated with painted clan designs and ceremonially placed into the ground where it remained until it slowly decayed over many years. The log is made from a termite hollowed stringybark tree (Eucalyptus tetradonta) and is decorated with totemic emblems.'
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Estimate:A$3,000 - 5,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Art
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