Lot 75: - Lame Toby Mungatopi , 1920- DECEASED PURUKUPARLI Natural earth pigment on carved softwood, with necklace , bent cane, resin and bush string

Name: - Lame Toby Mungatopi , 1920- DECEASED PURUKUPARLI Natural earth pigment on carved softwood, with necklace , bent cane, resin and bush string
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: akx0pxfdt3

Est: $15,000 AUD - $20,000 AUDSold:

Sotheby'sSydney, AustraliaOctober 20, 2008

Item Overview

Description

Natural earth pigment on carved softwood, with necklace , bent cane, resin and bush string

Dimensions

height: 100 cm

Artist or Maker

Lame Toby Mungatopi

Provenance

Executed on Melville Island circa late 1960s
Jerome Gould, Los Angeles
Private collection

Notes

Cf. Holmes, S. Le Brun, The Goddess and the Moon Man: The Sacred Art of the Tiwi Aborigines, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1995, p.34, 36, 40, 51 for other carvings by the artist

Auction Details

Aboriginal Art

Sotheby's

October 20, 2008, 06:30 PM AEST

118-122 Queen Street Woollahra, Sydney, NSW, 2025, AU

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