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b. 1937 - d. 2011

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        • GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE, (1937 - 2011), Dream Egg, incised and hand-painted ceramic, 13 x 10 x 10 cm. (5.1 x 3.9 x 3.9 in.)
          Nov. 21, 2024

          GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE, (1937 - 2011), Dream Egg, incised and hand-painted ceramic, 13 x 10 x 10 cm. (5.1 x 3.9 x 3.9 in.)

          Est: $3,000 - $5,000

          GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937 - 2011) Dream Egg incised and hand-painted ceramic unsigned

          Lawsons
        • TWO SMALL EARTHENWARE INCISED POTS BY GLORIA THANCOUPIE (1937-2011) (A/F - HAIRLINE TO ONE), H.6.5CM (TALLEST), LEONARD JOEL DELIVER...
          Sep. 12, 2024

          TWO SMALL EARTHENWARE INCISED POTS BY GLORIA THANCOUPIE (1937-2011) (A/F - HAIRLINE TO ONE), H.6.5CM (TALLEST), LEONARD JOEL DELIVER...

          Est: $500 - $700

          TWO SMALL EARTHENWARE INCISED POTS BY GLORIA THANCOUPIE (1937-2011) (A/F - HAIRLINE TO ONE), H.6.5CM (TALLEST), LEONARD JOEL DELIVERY SIZE: SMALL

          Leonard Joel
        • Gloria Thancoupie (1937-2011) Bowl, c.1981 diameter: 33.0cm (12 13/16in).
          Aug. 27, 2024

          Gloria Thancoupie (1937-2011) Bowl, c.1981 diameter: 33.0cm (12 13/16in).

          Est: $3,000 - $5,000

          Gloria Thancoupie (1937-2011) Bowl, c.1981 signed to base: 'Thancoupie' stoneware bowl with slip oxide decoration on incised design diameter: 33.0cm (12 13/16in).

          Bonhams
        • Gloria Thancoupie (1937-2011) Mural, c.1981 (overall)
          Aug. 27, 2024

          Gloria Thancoupie (1937-2011) Mural, c.1981 (overall)

          Est: $10,000 - $15,000

          Gloria Thancoupie (1937-2011) Mural, c.1981 forty-two glazed stoneware tiles with slip and oxide decoration on incised design 88.0 x 111.0cm (34 5/8 x 43 11/16in). (overall)

          Bonhams
        • Gloria Thancoupie (1937-2011) Pot, 1979 height: 30.0cm (11 13/16in).
          Aug. 27, 2024

          Gloria Thancoupie (1937-2011) Pot, 1979 height: 30.0cm (11 13/16in).

          Est: $4,000 - $6,000

          Gloria Thancoupie (1937-2011) Pot, 1979 incised with signature to base: 'Thancoupie *' stoneware bowl with slip oxide decoration on incised design height: 30.0cm (11 13/16in).

          Bonhams
        • Gloria Thancoupie (1937-2011) Pot, 1986 height: 32.0cm (11 13/16in) including stand
          Aug. 27, 2024

          Gloria Thancoupie (1937-2011) Pot, 1986 height: 32.0cm (11 13/16in) including stand

          Est: $4,000 - $6,000

          Gloria Thancoupie (1937-2011) Pot, 1986 incised with signature to base: 'Thancoupie *' stoneware bowl with slip oxide decoration on incised design, ring stand of natural woollen fibre height: 32.0cm (11 13/16in) including stand

          Bonhams
        • Gloria Thancoupie (1937-2011) Pot, c.1981 height: 34.0cm (13 3/8in).
          Aug. 27, 2024

          Gloria Thancoupie (1937-2011) Pot, c.1981 height: 34.0cm (13 3/8in).

          Est: $4,000 - $6,000

          Gloria Thancoupie (1937-2011) Pot, c.1981 incised with signature to base: 'Thancoupie *' stoneware bowl with slip oxide decoration on incised design height: 34.0cm (13 3/8in).

          Bonhams
        • GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE, UNTITLED (WIDE BOWL AND TWO SMALL DISHES)
          Jul. 30, 2024

          GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE, UNTITLED (WIDE BOWL AND TWO SMALL DISHES)

          Est: $3,500 - $4,500

          GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937 – 2011) UNTITLED (WIDE BOWL AND TWO SMALL DISHES) hand–built stoneware decorated with slip and oxide incised designs 35.0 x 7.5 cm (wide bowl) 12.5 x 4.0 cm (small dish) 11.0 x 4.0 cm (small dish) signed on the base: Thancoupie PROVENANCE Collection of the artist, Cairns Private collection, Geelong, a gift from the artist in 2001 © Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie/Copyright Agency 2024 This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery

          Deutscher and Hackett
        • GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE stoneware bowl with oxide decoration adorned with a bird, incised signature to base "Thancoupie", 36cm wide
          Mar. 24, 2024

          GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE stoneware bowl with oxide decoration adorned with a bird, incised signature to base "Thancoupie", 36cm wide

          Est: $1,200 - $2,000

          GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE stoneware bowl with oxide decoration adorned with a bird, incised signature to base "Thancoupie", 36cm wide

          Leski Auctions Pty Ltd
        • GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE stoneware bowl with oxide decoration, incised signature to base "Thancoupie", 34cm wide
          Mar. 24, 2024

          GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE stoneware bowl with oxide decoration, incised signature to base "Thancoupie", 34cm wide

          Est: $1,500 - $2,500

          GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE stoneware bowl with oxide decoration, incised signature to base "Thancoupie", 34cm wide

          Leski Auctions Pty Ltd
        • Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie - Story Pots, c.1989
          Mar. 05, 2024

          Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie - Story Pots, c.1989

          Est: $4,500 - $8,500

          The primary focus throughout Thancoupie’s distinguished career has been on the ‘object as art’. Her naturalistic forms, the methods of making them, and the incised decoration that adorns the surface, relate these objects directly to traditional ways of story telling. (Newstead, 2003). Her forms are created by building with slabs and using the concave surfaces of her own body, her knees and elbows to push the walls of clay in to free-form shapes. Large spheres and ‘eggs’ are created using semi circular moulds as a template and then building upon the shapes created with small pieces of clay from the inside out as the walls rear up from the mould. Thancoupie’s surface decoration, in which Thainkuith legends and totemic creatures are illustrated by grooving the surface, demonstrates the connection between her work and traditional sand drawing (Watson, 1999). Her sculptural pieces assert the three dimensional quality common to Australian Indigenous painting by which it differs from the European concept of painting as a two dimensional activity. In her work important Dreaming narratives, for generations held precariously in song and living memory are encoded alchemically in rock-like permanence from the numinous materials of clay and pigment. In creating this visual language, combining the ceramic shape with the etched surface decoration, she has produced pots of great beauty and, in the process, has become regarded as one of Australia’s great artists.

          Cooee Art
        • THANCOUPIE Gloria Fletcher (Aboriginal 1937-2011), Stoneware Egg, H15cm,
          Nov. 25, 2023

          THANCOUPIE Gloria Fletcher (Aboriginal 1937-2011), Stoneware Egg, H15cm,

          Est: $3,000 - $5,000

          THANCOUPIE, Gloria Fletcher (Aboriginal 1937-2011) Stoneware Egg Incised iron oxide decoration and signature. H15cm

          Davidson Auctions
        • GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937-2011) (Egg) stoneware with oxide decoration
          Sep. 13, 2022

          GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937-2011) (Egg) stoneware with oxide decoration

          Est: $2,500 - $4,500

          GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937-2011) (Egg) stoneware with oxide decoration incised signature to base: Thancoupie 15.5 x 13 x 12cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, Queensland OTHER NOTES: © Thancoupie/Copyright Agency, 2022

          Leonard Joel
        • THANCOUPIE Gloria Fletcher (Aboriginal 1937-2011), Free-form Earthenware Vessel., , H26cm
          Nov. 29, 2020

          THANCOUPIE Gloria Fletcher (Aboriginal 1937-2011), Free-form Earthenware Vessel., , H26cm

          Est: $3,000 - $5,000

          THANCOUPIE, Gloria Fletcher (Aboriginal 1937-2011) Free-form Earthenware Vessel. Incised Storyline shapes, glazed with black iron oxide. Incised 'Thancoupie [with device]' to base. Potting fissures to base. H26cm

          Davidson Auctions
        • GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937-2011) Love Magic Egg stoneware
          Mar. 17, 2020

          GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937-2011) Love Magic Egg stoneware

          Est: $2,500 - $4,500

          GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937-2011) Love Magic Egg stoneware signed: Thancoupie 18cm (length) PROVENANCE: Private collection, Melbourne OTHER NOTES: © Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie/Copyright Agency 2020

          Leonard Joel
        • Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie (1937 - 2011) - Untitled l.69 x w.22cm
          May. 31, 2018

          Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie (1937 - 2011) - Untitled l.69 x w.22cm

          Est: $1,000 - $1,500

          Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie (1937 - 2011) Untitled natural earth pigment on bark l.69 x w.22cm unsigned

          Lawsons
        • Fish 'Egg'
          May. 29, 2018

          Fish 'Egg'

          Est: $3,000 - $4,000

          Gloria Fletcher, Thancoupie, is widely credited as having been one of the founders of Australia’s Indigenous ceramic art movement. Born in Weipa, FNQ, of Thaynakwith ancestry, she was initially influenced by Japanese functional ware, she went on to develop a unique style of hand-built ceramics in forms that were more closely drawn from nature. Working initially with teacher Shiga Shigeo, her art practice evolved as she met and mix with people in the wider artistic world. These friendships influenced her artistic practice and created opportunities for her to exhibit with the best artists, sculptors and craft-makers as a contemporary artist, rather than an Aboriginal Australian artist. In 1983 she visited Sao Paulo as Australia’s Cultural Commissioner to the 17th Biennale and her works subsequently toured Brazil and Mexico and later were included in the Portsmouth Festival in the UK. The primary focus throughout Thancoupie’s distinguished career was on the ‘object as art’. Thancoupie produced pots of great beauty and, in the process, became regarded as one of Australia’s great artists. Her creative influence can be compared to that of the Native American Pueblo artist Maria Martinez, in that it has provided the impetus for the development of the Indigenous ceramic art movement in this country. Yet her prime motivation was steadfastly a personal one serving only to strengthen her intimate relationship with her own Thaynakwith culture. Throughout the last 30 years of her life, Thancoupie mentored aspiring artists from communities in Far North Queensland, Arnhem Land, the desert and the Tiwi Islands while creating an enduring and profound body of work as her ultimate legacy.

          Cooee Art
        • Pot
          May. 29, 2018

          Pot

          Est: $4,000 - $5,000

          Gloria Fletcher, Thancoupie, is widely credited as having been one of the founders of Australia’s Indigenous ceramic art movement. Born in Weipa, FNQ, of Thaynakwith ancestry, she was initially influenced by Japanese functional ware, she went on to develop a unique style of hand-built ceramics in forms that were more closely drawn from nature. Working initially with teacher Shiga Shigeo, her art practice evolved as she met and mix with people in the wider artistic world. These friendships influenced her artistic practice and created opportunities for her to exhibit with the best artists, sculptors and craft-makers as a contemporary artist, rather than an Aboriginal Australian artist. In 1983 she visited Sao Paulo as Australia’s Cultural Commissioner to the 17th Biennale and her works subsequently toured Brazil and Mexico and later were included in the Portsmouth Festival in the UK. The primary focus throughout Thancoupie’s distinguished career was on the ‘object as art’. Thancoupie produced pots of great beauty and, in the process, became regarded as one of Australia’s great artists. Her creative influence can be compared to that of the Native American Pueblo artist Maria Martinez, in that it has provided the impetus for the development of the Indigenous ceramic art movement in this country. Yet her prime motivation was steadfastly a personal one serving only to strengthen her intimate relationship with her own Thaynakwith culture. Throughout the last 30 years of her life, Thancoupie mentored aspiring artists from communities in Far North Queensland, Arnhem Land, the desert and the Tiwi Islands while creating an enduring and profound body of work as her ultimate legacy.

          Cooee Art
        • GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937-2011) Untitled stoneware
          Mar. 08, 2018

          GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937-2011) Untitled stoneware

          Est: $1,000 - $1,500

          GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937-2011) Untitled stoneware signed at base: Thancoupie 12 x 13 x 7cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, Sydney

          Leonard Joel
        • Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie (Australian, 1937-2011)
          Feb. 27, 2018

          Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie (Australian, 1937-2011)

          Est: $700 - $900

          Shallow Form, c. 1972, hand built ceramic with slip and iron oxide glaze on moulded relief design Provenance: Volta house, Alexandra Lane, Sydney, Private Collection, NSW

          Shapiro Auctioneers
        • GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937-2011), Thaynakwith language group Untitled
          Nov. 30, 2017

          GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937-2011), Thaynakwith language group Untitled

          Est: $3,000 - $5,000

          GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937-2011), Thaynakwith language group Untitled GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937-2011), Thaynakwith language group Untitled stoneware with slip and oxide, 38.0 cm height , , Acquired from the artist, private collection, Sydney

          Menzies
        • GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937-2011) Untitled stoneware
          Nov. 28, 2017

          GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937-2011) Untitled stoneware

          Est: $2,000 - $4,000

          GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (1937-2011) Untitled stoneware signed at base: Thancoupie 12 x 13 x 7cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, Sydney

          Leonard Joel
        • GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (b. 1937) STONEWARE BOTTLE VASE
          Nov. 09, 2017

          GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (b. 1937) STONEWARE BOTTLE VASE

          Est: $3,000 - $5,000

          GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE (b. 1937) STONEWARE BOTTLE VASE Stoneware slip and oxide decoration on incised and raised design, signed in both monogram and signature to base

          Leonard Joel
        • Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie (Australian, 1937-2011)
          Sep. 19, 2017

          Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie (Australian, 1937-2011)

          Est: $1,200 - $1,800

          Small Vessel, handbuilt stoneware with striated body and brushed iron oxide glaze on incised grooved motif designs to front, signed to base 'Thancoupie', height 12 cm

          Shapiro Auctioneers
        • Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie (Australian, 1937-2011)
          Sep. 20, 2016

          Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie (Australian, 1937-2011)

          Est: $1,200 - $1,800

          Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie (Australian, 1937-2011) Untitled (Pot) handbuilt stoneware with slip and oxide glaze, goanna and snake grooved designs, artist's signature inclised near base 'Thancoupie *' (A/F) height 28 cm

          Shapiro Auctioneers
        • Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie (1937 - 2011) (2 works) - Love Magic Egg and Stoneware Pot h. 10cm, & 12 x 11cm
          Jul. 21, 2016

          Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie (1937 - 2011) (2 works) - Love Magic Egg and Stoneware Pot h. 10cm, & 12 x 11cm

          Est: $2,000 - $3,000

          Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie (1937 - 2011) (2 works) Love Magic Egg and Stoneware Pot earthenware h. 10cm, & 12 x 11cm signed on base

          Lawsons
        • Gloria Thancoupie 1937-2011 LOVE MAGIC EGG stoneware
          Oct. 29, 2013

          Gloria Thancoupie 1937-2011 LOVE MAGIC EGG stoneware

          Est: $5,000 - $7,000

          Gloria Thancoupie 1937-2011 LOVE MAGIC EGG stoneware signed 'Thancoupie' 16 X 13 X 13CM PROVENANCE Private Collection, United States of America PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

          Smith & Singer
        • Thancoupie 1937-2011 UNTITLED (CIRCA 1980s) stoneware with slip and oxide
          Oct. 15, 2012

          Thancoupie 1937-2011 UNTITLED (CIRCA 1980s) stoneware with slip and oxide

          Est: $10,000 - $15,000

          Thancoupie 1937-2011 UNTITLED (CIRCA 1980s) stoneware with slip and oxide signed 'Thancoupie*' at the base 26 X 26CM PROVENANCE Executed at Trinity Beach, Cairns Gift of the artist Private Collection, Queensland By descent Private Collection, Queensland PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, QUEENSLAND

          Smith & Singer
        • Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie (1937-2011) Pot
          Aug. 22, 2012

          Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie (1937-2011) Pot

          Est: $25,000 - $35,000

          Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie (1937-2011) Pot hand built earthenware, slip and oxide decoration on incised designs height 34 cm, diameter 34 cm

          Shapiro Auctioneers
        • Thancoupie 1937-2011 UNTITLED (CIRCA 1982) stoneware with slip and oxide
          Oct. 18, 2011

          Thancoupie 1937-2011 UNTITLED (CIRCA 1982) stoneware with slip and oxide

          Est: $18,000 - $25,000

          Thancoupie 1937-2011 UNTITLED (CIRCA 1982) stoneware with slip and oxide 30CM HIGH PROVENANCE Executed at Trinity Beach, Cairns, Queensland Private Collection, Sydney Aboriginal Art, Sotheby's, Sydney, 29 July 2003, Lot 356, illustrated Private Collection, New South Wales 'Thancoupie comes from the township of Weipa, north of Aurukun, and is one of Australia's leading ceramicists. She developed her skills in pottery in Sydney but has practised as a potter for many years in north Queensland. The circular forms of her pots are said to relate to the fire-hardened clay balls that were used to conserve and trade pigments for use in ritual. Her pots, with their deeply incised designs, draw on traditional mythological themes from her Thanaquith culture' (1). 1. Howard Morphy, Aboriginal Art, Phaidon Press Ltd, London, p. 351

          Smith & Singer
        • Thancoupie, Gloria Fletcher (Australian (Aboriginal) b.1937)
          Mar. 19, 2011

          Thancoupie, Gloria Fletcher (Australian (Aboriginal) b.1937)

          Est: $6,000 - $8,000

          Thancoupie, Gloria Fletcher (Australian (Aboriginal) b.1937). Large Stoneware Bowl Circa 1978-1980. Central carved and raised outline of Chivaree (the seagull man), with incised alternating fish around border, natural formed rim, barium blue over iron ox

          Davidson Auctions
        • GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE Untitled hand-built
          Oct. 14, 2009

          GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE Untitled hand-built

          Est: $12,000 - $15,000

          GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE Untitled hand-built stoneware with incised designs decorated with slip and oxide 24.0 cm height

          Deutscher and Hackett
        • GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE , BORN 1937 AROUGH THE EMU AND KURIGAN THE BROLGA Ceramic mural
          Oct. 20, 2008

          GLORIA FLETCHER THANCOUPIE , BORN 1937 AROUGH THE EMU AND KURIGAN THE BROLGA Ceramic mural

          Est: $7,000 - $10,000

          Ceramic mural

          Sotheby's
        • THANCOUPIE
          Oct. 31, 2006

          THANCOUPIE

          Est: $15,000 - $20,000

          BORN 1937 UNTITLED (TOTEM POLE) UNTITLED (TOTEM POLE) height: 96 cm Earthenware PROVENANCE Acquired directly from the artist Private collection, Queensland

          Sotheby's
        • THANCOUPIE (GLORIA FLETCHER) BORN CIRCA 1937
          Nov. 15, 2005

          THANCOUPIE (GLORIA FLETCHER) BORN CIRCA 1937

          Est: $400 - $600

          UNTITLED C.1969 MEASUREMENTS 39.7 by 30cm Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark PROVENANCE Collected at Weipa, Cape York Peninsula Private collection, Queensland

          Sotheby's
        • THANCOUPIE BORN CIRCA 1937 GUIREE - THE FLYING FOXES 2000 height: 33 5 cm Raku clay stoneware pot, manganese and iron decoration Provenance: Executed in the artist's studio at Trinity Beach, Far North Queensland Exhibited: Thancoupie, Brisbane City
          Jul. 26, 2004

          THANCOUPIE BORN CIRCA 1937 GUIREE - THE FLYING FOXES 2000 height: 33 5 cm Raku clay stoneware pot, manganese and iron decoration Provenance: Executed in the artist's studio at Trinity Beach, Far North Queensland Exhibited: Thancoupie, Brisbane City

          Est: $15,000 - $20,000

          THANCOUPIE BORN CIRCA 1937 GUIREE - THE FLYING FOXES 2000 height: 33 5 cm Raku clay stoneware pot, manganese and iron decoration Provenance: Executed in the artist's studio at Trinity Beach, Far North Queensland Exhibited: Thancoupie, Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane, 2001 and Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns 2001 William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, September 2001 Literature: Thancoupie, Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane 2001, illus. p.1 According to accompanying documentation, 'The story concerns two boys who stole flying foxes from some hunters. The men slept while they cooked flying foxes in the ground oven. Flying fox meat is taboo for uninitiated youths. The sky suddenly filled with flying foxes as they carried the boys into the stars. Today they are the Gemini twins and remind the young people to respect the tribal laws and their elders'. An image of this work featured as the illustration on the banners that hung on the City Hall facade for the artist's survey retrospective at the Brisbane City Gallery and also on the invitation to her exhibition at William Mora Galleries.

          Sotheby's
        • Thancoupie Born 1937 Untitled c.1993 Glazed earthenware plate Bears artist's mark on the reverse Length: 28cm Provenance Private collection, Perth
          Jul. 29, 2003

          Thancoupie Born 1937 Untitled c.1993 Glazed earthenware plate Bears artist's mark on the reverse Length: 28cm Provenance Private collection, Perth

          Est: $2,000 - $3,000

          Thancoupie Born 1937 Untitled c.1993 Glazed earthenware plate Bears artist's mark on the reverse Length: 28cm Provenance Private collection, Perth

          Sotheby's
        • Thancoupie Born 1937 Untitled 1982 Hand-built stoneware, incised designs decorated with slip and oxide Signed on the base Height: 30cm diameter: 30cm Provenance Purchased directly from the artist, circa 1982 Private collection, Sydney Cf. Morphy, H.
          Jul. 29, 2003

          Thancoupie Born 1937 Untitled 1982 Hand-built stoneware, incised designs decorated with slip and oxide Signed on the base Height: 30cm diameter: 30cm Provenance Purchased directly from the artist, circa 1982 Private collection, Sydney Cf. Morphy, H.

          Est: $10,000 - $15,000

          Thancoupie Born 1937 Untitled 1982 Hand-built stoneware, incised designs decorated with slip and oxide Signed on the base Height: 30cm diameter: 30cm Provenance Purchased directly from the artist, circa 1982 Private collection, Sydney Cf. Morphy, H. Aboriginal Art, Phaidon Press Ltd, London, 1998, p. 351, plate 235, for a later example: Thancoupie comes from the hometown of Weipa, north of Aurukun... the circular forms of her pots are said to relate to the fire- hardened clay balls that were used to conserve and trade pigments for use in ritual. Her pots, with their deeply incised designs, draw on traditional mythological themes from her Thanaquith culture'; Kleinert, S. & M. Neale, Aboriginal Art and Culture, Oxford University Press, Newyork, 2000, p. 713

          Sotheby's
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