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      • NYM BUNDUK (1900-1974) Cosmos c.1950s natural earth pigments on bark
        Mar. 19, 2019

        NYM BUNDUK (1900-1974) Cosmos c.1950s natural earth pigments on bark

        Est: $6,000 - $8,000

        NYM BUNDUK (1900-1974) Cosmos c.1950s natural earth pigments on bark 46 x 11.5cm PROVENANCE: Arthur Beau Palmer Collection, NT and QLD Collected in the field during Palmer's term as Head of Land Claims NT from original MSC staff who had served at Port Keats Mission since founding in 1935. Lawson Menzies, Sydney, 23 May 2007, lot 47 Private collection, Melbourne

        Leonard Joel
      • Rexie Barmgardja Woods (1900-1974) Mimi Sprit 2003
        Nov. 27, 2018

        Rexie Barmgardja Woods (1900-1974) Mimi Sprit 2003

        Est: $1,500 - $1,800

        Myths of men and women such as the Mimi myth, serve to delineate the roles of men and women, and the standards of behaviour. The Mimi are long wispy spirits who live in the rocky escarpments of Arnhem Land where winds rarely penetrate. If they stray from the escarpments their necks, even though very short, are likely to snap in a breeze or their arms may blow off. According to Aboriginal lore, the Mimi were once people who inhabited the Stone Country prior to the present day Aboriginal people. They are shy, friendly spirits that are believed to have taught Aboriginal people to hunt and the laws concerning the proper dissection and dispersal of game and preparation of food. While carvings of totemic ancestor figures were occasionally produced during the 1950s and 1960s, the burgeoning market demand for diversified product led during the 1980s to a growth in the number of corkwood sculptures depicting totemic creatures and spirit figures, including Mimi. Sculpture proved to be an ideal medium for depicting the thin and fragile, Mimi spirits that emerge from fissures in Arnhem Land rock escarpments. Crusoe Kuningbal became renowned for his Mimi figures, which ranged in height from just 50 cms to 4 metres and he was said to be the sole owner of the right to depict Mimi‘s in three-dimensional form. Yet after his death in 1984 a number of artists in Maningrida, Oenpelli and Ramingining began making these spirit ancestors that are otherwise depicted in rock art and their narrative bark paintings.

        Cooee Art
      • Nym Bunduk (1952-) Untitled - Water Dreaming 1973
        Nov. 27, 2018

        Nym Bunduk (1952-) Untitled - Water Dreaming 1973

        Est: $2,000 - $3,000

        Nym Bunduk was born around 1903 and grew up to be an influential bark artist and cultural elder of the Murrinhapatha people. He lived most his life around Port Keats (Wadeye) and had strong cultural contacts with inland desert groups. This relationship with inland desert Aboriginals is evident in many of his best works which have concentric circles depicting waterholes within his clans lands. In this work the artist has depicted totemic wells near his birthplace.

        Cooee Art
      • NYM BUNDUK, UNTITLED, EMU AND SNAKES, NATURAL EARTH PIGMENTS ON BARK, 31 X 75CM, AF, PROVENANCE ATTACHED VERSO
        Sep. 21, 2017

        NYM BUNDUK, UNTITLED, EMU AND SNAKES, NATURAL EARTH PIGMENTS ON BARK, 31 X 75CM, AF, PROVENANCE ATTACHED VERSO

        Est: $400 - $600

        NYM BUNDUK, UNTITLED, EMU AND SNAKES, NATURAL EARTH PIGMENTS ON BARK, 31 X 75CM, AF, PROVENANCE ATTACHED VERSO

        Leonard Joel
      • Nym Bunduk, circa 1904-1974, UNTITLED
        Jul. 26, 2010

        Nym Bunduk, circa 1904-1974, UNTITLED

        Est: $2,000 - $3,000

        Nym Bunduk, circa 1904-1974, UNTITLED natural earth pigments and natural binders on eucalyptus bark  bears 'Wolliniqua' and location on the reverse  44 BY 23CM  Provenance:  Painted at Wadeye (Port Keats) circa 1958  John Dean, HawthornPrivate collection

        Smith & Singer
      • Attributed to Nym Bunduk circa 1904-1974 KUMANGURR natural earth pigments on eucalytpus bark
        Jul. 20, 2009

        Attributed to Nym Bunduk circa 1904-1974 KUMANGURR natural earth pigments on eucalytpus bark

        Est: $3,000 - $5,000

        natural earth pigments on eucalytpus bark

        Sotheby's
      • Nym Bunduk (1900-1974) Untitled (Water Birds
        Jun. 21, 2009

        Nym Bunduk (1900-1974) Untitled (Water Birds

        Est: $1,000 - $1,500

        Nym Bunduk (1900-1974) Untitled (Water Birds Serpent and Fish) natural earth pigments on eucalyptus board bears artist's name verso together with original sale tag 31 x 70cm Provenance: Acquired by the late Dr Leon Cebon (Ophthalmologist) during one of his visits with Fred Hollows to Northern Australia.

        Leonard Joel
      • BUNDUK, Nym Fishing in Waterhole Natural earth
        Aug. 18, 2008

        BUNDUK, Nym Fishing in Waterhole Natural earth

        Est: $3,500 - $4,000

        BUNDUK, Nym Fishing in Waterhole Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark 1970 40 x 80

        Mossgreen Auctions
      • NYM BUNDUK CIRCA 1904-1981
        Nov. 15, 2005

        NYM BUNDUK CIRCA 1904-1981

        Est: $2,000 - $4,000

        FISHING IN WATERHOLE 1970 MEASUREMENTS 79.7 by 40 cm Natural earth pigments and wattle resin on eucalyptus bark

        Sotheby's
      • NYM BUNDUK CIRCA 1904-1981 UNTITLED C.1962
        Jul. 25, 2005

        NYM BUNDUK CIRCA 1904-1981 UNTITLED C.1962

        Est: $1,500 - $2,500

        Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark Provenance

        Sotheby's
      • NYM BUNDUK CIRCA 1904-1981 UNTITLED C.1965
        Jul. 25, 2005

        NYM BUNDUK CIRCA 1904-1981 UNTITLED C.1965

        Est: $2,000 - $3,000

        Natural earth pigments and natural binders on eucalyptus bark Provenance

        Sotheby's
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