Lot 156: TERRY DHURRITJINI YUMBULUL (1950 - ) - Ngarri Gapala- Going Canoe, 2003

Name: TERRY DHURRITJINI YUMBULUL (1950 - ) - Ngarri Gapala- Going Canoe, 2003
Brand: Lawsons
SKU: y0yv5tz8xx

Est: $9,000 AUD - $12,000 AUDSold:

LawsonsAnnandale, AustraliaNovember 22, 2006

Item Overview

Description

TERRY DHURRITJINI YUMBULUL (1950 - )
Ngarri Gapala- Going Canoe, 2003
natural earth pigments and synthetic polymer paint on wood
height: 137 cm

Provenance: Elcho Island Arts & Crafts Bandigan Art Private Collection, NSW Sold with original gallery documentation Terry Yumbulul lives on remote Wigram Island off the Arnhem Land Coast in the far north. This sculpture represents the canoe that took spirit beings with their sacred objects away from the ancestral fire on Martjamba to Madpanami where one still lives as the guardian. The shape indicates that it is floating debris - parts of inland vegetation have tumbled down and carried by the current from freshwater areas been to saltwater. It became seized by an octopus (caught in coral) where it can be seen today. The legs of the sculpture simulate the leg formation of coral stems. The triangular pattern represents a sea serpent. At either end are two octopi (Gulurrk).

Artist or Maker

Terry Yumbulul

Auction Details

Fine Aboriginal Art

Lawsons

November 22, 2006, 06:30 PM EST

1A The Crescent, Annandale, NSW, 2038, AU

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