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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Alan Boxer Collection of Australian Indigenous Art
• Sale Date:
  17 Mar 2015 ~ 6.30pm
• Lot #:
  14
• Lot Description:
  Turkey Tolson (Tjupurrula)
  (Circa 1942–2001)
  Untitled (Perentie Dreaming) (1985)
  synthetic polymer paint on linen
  121 x 182 cm
  bears Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. TT850667 verso
• Provenance:
  Papunya Tula Artists, Northern Territory; Chapman Gallery, Canberra; The Alan Boxer Collection, Canberra
• Notes:
  This painting is sold with a Papunya Tula Artists certificate which reads: "This painting depicts the Ngintaka or Perentie Dreaming associated with the site of Walungurru at the Kintore Community. A group of women were out hunting for food and dug in several locations. One woman struck the Perentie in the head with her digging stick as she dug. The Perentie emerged from the ground and escaped to the south. Rockholes formed in the ground where the women had been digging. The oblong shape to the left of the Perentie shows one the rockholes and the adjacent 'U' shapes are two women. The oval shapes above the Perentie are ground designs used during these ceremonies. The roundels are camp sites. The long black line is Nyalipi a twine made from the bark of a tree. The twine is used in ceremonies."
• Estimate:
  A$6,000 - 8,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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