NGANWAYA II, 2000
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Janangoo Butcher Cherel
(c.1920 - 2009)
NGANWAYA II, 2000
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
91.0 x 71.0 cm
signed verso: BUTCHER
inscribed verso: artist's name, Mangkaja Arts cat. PC205/00
Estimate:
$12,000-18,000
Sold for $16,800 (inc. BP) in Auction 17 - 6 October 2010, Melbourne
Provenance
Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing
Artplace, Perth
Private collection, Perth
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 25 July 2005, lot 257
Private collection, Melbourne
Exhibited
Janangoo Butcher Cherel, Artplace, Perth, 13 August – 3 September 2002, cat. 17
In the exhibition catalogue the artist explained: ‘This is Ngawaya, river mussels. We use the shell for ceremony.'