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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 #:
  149
• Lot Description:
  Tiger Palpatja Family Collaboration
  (Born Circa 1920)
  Untitled (2012)
  synthetic polymer paint on linen
  121.5 x 198.5 cm
  bears Tjala Arts cat. no. 294-12 verso
• Provenance:
  Tjala Arts, Northern Territory; Chapman Gallery, Canberra; The Alan Boxer Collection, Canberra
• Notes:
  This painting is sold with a Tjala Arts certificate that reads; "The Wanampi Ancestors, mythical non-poisonous snakes, are important to the Anangu (people). The Wanampi are believed to bring rain and fill the waterholes. When it rains the Wanampi go hunting and exploring across the sand dunes. Kuniya, the ancestor of the poisonous snakes, and her nephew transformed into Wanampi. They both live today at the Mutitjulu waterhole at Uluru."
• Estimate:
  A$7,000 - 10,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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