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Lot 27: OLD SAM(BO) BARUMBA WURRUMARA 1919-1984 MACASSAN BOAT - THIS OLD MAN REMEMBERS THEIR VISITS SOUTH EAST WIND TOTEM

Est: $5,500 AUD - $7,500 AUDSold:
Sotheby'sMelbourne, AustraliaNovember 24, 2009

Item Overview

Description


both bear the artist's name Old Sam, title, location and year on the reverse

Dimensions

35.6 BY 53.3CM, 19.7 BY 43.2CM (2 items in this lot).

Medium

natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

Provenance

Painted on Groote Eylandt in 1957
Church Missionary Society, Groote Eylandt
Collection of William McE. Miller, Jr, USA

Notes



Auction Details

Aboriginal and Oceanic Art

by
Sotheby's
November 24, 2009, 02:00 PM GMT

926 High Street Armadale, Melbourne, ACT, 3143, AU