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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Aboriginal Art from the Luczo Family Collection, USA
• Sale Date:
  19 Oct 2016 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  20
• Lot Description:
  Mani-Luki (Harry Carpenter) Wommatakimmi
  (c.1914 – 1980)
  Purukapali And Bima, 1962
  natural earth pigments on carved softwood (2)
  49.5 and 48.5 cm height
• Provenance:
  Private collection, Adelaide, acquired at Milikapiti, Melville Island, 1962; Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 24 July 2007, lot 76; The Luczo Family Collection, USA
• References:
  Isaacs, J., Tiwi: Art / History / Culture, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2012, p. 69 (illus. as ‘Macassan Figures’)
• Notes:
  Related Work: Maccassan Captains Wife, 1960s and Maccassan Ship Captain, 1960s, in the collection of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, illus. in O’Ferrall, M. A., Keepers of the Secrets: Aboriginal Art from Arnhem Land in the Collection of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1990, pl. 23, 24, p. 31
• Estimate:
  A$15,000 - 20,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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