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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Ethnographic Art
• Sale Date:
  11 Dec 2016 ~ 11am
• Lot #:
  305
• Lot Description:
  George Liwikan
  Boss Squid, 1990
  natural earth pigments on canvas
  77 x 98 cm
• Provenance:
  Narrangunny Art Traders, WA; Kimberley Australian Aboriginal Art Certificate of Authenticity
• Notes:
  This dreaming is about the flying fox changing into a squid and back into a flying fox again. There are three of the artist's totems: the flying fox, squid and sacred rocks. The five panels are divided by four vertical lines, dividing the transition from flying fox to squid. In these vertical lines there are bat droppings indicated from top to bottom. The fourth panel is where the sacred rocks are shown, the final panel right, is where the adult, or boss squid is displayed. The sacred rocks area is never to be seen by women or children. Triangle borders top and bottom symbolise clouds on the horizon, and rocks over the reef.
• Estimate:
  A$800 - 1,800
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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