BANAMBU WITH BANUMBIRR (MORNING STAR TOTEMS), c.1963

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
18 May 2011
90

BURANDAY

(1914 - 1970s)
BANAMBU WITH BANUMBIRR (MORNING STAR TOTEMS), c.1963

natural earth pigments on bark

62.0 x 28.0 cm

inscribed verso: artist’s name and the text: Banambu - Great Spirit of Djambarrpuyngu, Dhuwa Moiety - with Banumbirr (Morn

Estimate: 
$3,000 - 4,000
Provenance

Milingimbi, Arnhemland
Private collection, Sydney
Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 28 June 1999, lot 290
Private collection, Sydney