FISHING SCENE, 1950S

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
14 October 2009
131

Jambalula

(1908 - 1960)
FISHING SCENE, 1950S

natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

55.5 x 88.5 cm (irregular)

inscribed verso: ‘Timothy’ [sic] and Spence Museum cat. 63
Jambalula was also known as ‘Timothy’, ‘Timmy’ and ‘Jimmy’

Estimate: 
$2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $1,320 (inc. BP) in Auction 11 - 14 October 2009, Melbourne
Provenance

Painted in Western Arnhem Land in the 1950s
G.W. Spence Gardens Museum and Gallery, Darwin
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 28 June 1999, lot 120
Private collection, Melbourne