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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Australian Indigenous & Oceanic Art
• Sale Date:
  21 Jul 2015 ~ 6.30pm
• Lot #:
  18
• Lot Description:
  A Fine and Early Basket
  Kakadu Region, Alligator River, Northern Territory (late nineteenth century)
  woven fibre and natural earth pigments
  48.3 cm high
• Provenance:
  The Holt Collection, Sydney; Private Collection, Sydney
• References:
  For related examples see; Susan Davies, Collected: 150 Years of Aboriginal Art and Artifacts at the Macleay Museum, The University of Sydney, Sydney, 2002, p.47, pl.19 and; Carol Cooper, et al, Aboriginal Australia, Australian Gallery Director's Council, Sydney, 1981, p.177, N299-N301, (illus.), both indicating that the present basket would date to the late nineteenth century and have origins at Kakadu.
• Estimate:
  A$18,000 - 25,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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