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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Indigenous Art
• Sale Date:
  25 May 2016 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  81
• Lot Description:
  Lofty Bardayal Nadjamerrek
  (1926 – 2009)
  Sugarbag Djang, 1997
  natural earth pigments on Arches paper
  105.0 x 74.0 cm
• Provenance:
  Marrawuddi Gallery, Northern Territory; Private collection, Townsville; Sotheby's, Melbourne, 24 July 2007, lot 165; Private collection, Adelaide; Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 26 March 2014, lot 102 (label attached verso); The McKay Superannuation Fund Art Collection, Brisbane
• Notes:
  This work is accompanied by a certificate from Marrawuddi Gallery which states: ‘Wakkewakken are a type of legless Sugarbag Spirit associated with Ankung Djang, a major Sugarbag complex in the Mok Clan estate in the Liverpool River. Here they live deep in the cold water at places like Djabidi Bakoluy, Bibiddoy and at Ngaldaddubbe. During the day the Spirits leave their homes and move around the country gathering an edible bush fruit called Anwak (LeeaRuba). She lives at these places with Ngalyod the Rainbow Serpent and other Sugarbag Spirits.’
• Estimate:
  A$3,000 - 4,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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