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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Australian Aboriginal Art Including Works from the Maclean Collection - Timed Online Auction
• Sale Date:
  19 May 2020 ~ 7pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  17
• Lot Description:
  Irenie Ngalinba
  (born 1979)
  Wak Wak, 2007
  natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
  145.0 x 61.0 cm (irregular)
• Provenance:
  Maningrida Arts and Culture, Maningrida, Northern Territory (cat. 1705 – 07, label attached verso); Maclean collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in December 2007.
• Notes:
  This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Maningrida Arts and Culture, Maningrida, Northern Territory which states: ‘In this painting Irenie Ngalinbda has depicted a sacred site at 'Kurrurldul', her outstation south of Maningrida. The 'rarrk', or abstract crosshatching, on this work represents the design for the crow totem ancestor called 'Djimarr'. Today this being exists in the form of a rock, which is permanently submerged at the bottom of Kurrurldul Creek. The 'Djimarr' rock in the stream at Kurrurldul is said to move around and call out in a soft hooting tone at night. Both the stone itself and the area around it are considered sacred. The imagery represents the rock mentioned above at the bottom of Kurrurldul creek, which is the final transmutation of the dreaming ancestor 'Djimarr'. Finally, the pattern used here is also the crow design used in the sacred 'Mardayin' ceremony, which is a large regional patri-moiety ceremony now rarely conducted in central and eastern Arnhem Land.’
• Estimate:
  A$1,500 - 2,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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