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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Indigenous Art
• Sale Date:
  25 May 2016 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  63
• Lot Description:
  Samuel Namunjdja
  born 1965
  Lorrkon, 2005
  ochre pigment and PVC fixative on stringybark (Eucalyptus Tetrodonta) hollow log
  204.0 cm height
• Provenance:
  Maningrida Arts and Culture, Northern Territory (cat. 4965-05); Private collection, Sydney
• Notes:
  This work is accompanied by a certificate from Maningrida Arts & Culture which states: ‘The Lorrkon or bone pole coffin ceremony was the final ceremony in a sequence of mortuary rituals celebrated by the people of the Arnhem Land. This ceremony involves the placing of the deceased’s 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.’
• Estimate:
  A$7,000 - 9,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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