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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  The Todd Barlin Collection
• Sale Date:
  17 Aug 2015 ~ 6pm
• Lot #:
  143
• Lot Description:
  George Djahgurrnga
  (c.1918-1980s)
  Funerary Ceremonies
  Ochres on Bark
  62 x 36cm
  West Arnhem Land, c.1960s
• Notes:
  George Merwulunlu Djahgurrnga was born in about 1918. A Kunwinjku speaker, he grew up in the bush and did not move to the Oenpelli mission, established in 1925. Schooled in bark painting by his father, Djahgurrnga painted in a simple style derived from rock art and ritual body painting. He did not marry and lived and worked on his own at Guborlemguborlem, on a remote outstation isolated from contact with Europeans. According to Dorothy Bennett, he lived in a pandanus hut by a billabong and used to fish with an old butterfly net. Very much a loner, he was interested in painting spirit figures and animals.
• Estimate:
  A$300 - 400
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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