Lot 60: THOMAS NANJIWARRA AMAGULA , 1924 - 1989 UNTITLED- PELICAN MYTH DIPTYCH Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

Bears Church Missionary Society, Groote Eylandt Aboriginal Mission, NT, label on the reverse which reads: "15b. Little boy gets his brother to climb up and get the little pelicans for him. (Story by Nandjiwarra.)." Bears Church Missionary Society, Groote Eylandt Aboriginal Mission, NT, label on the reverse which reads: "With 15b./ 16b Like a double picture. The wife tells little boy to pull the dog away. Then the pelicans come back and live on him. After a while feathers stick to the man. He becomes a bird and flies away." Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark Quantity: 2

34 by 43 cm; 39 by 43.5cm

Painted on Groote Eylandt in the 1850s
Groote Eylandt Aboriginal Mission
Private collection