(BATHURST AND MELVILLE ISLANDS), early 20th Century

Part 2: Important Aboriginal Art
Melbourne
26 November 2014
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A TIWI BARK BASKET (TUNGA)

early 20th century
(BATHURST AND MELVILLE ISLANDS), early 20th Century

folded eucalyptus bark with natural earth pigments

70.0 cm height

Estimate: 
$2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,400 (inc. BP) in Auction 37 - 26 November 2014, Melbourne
Provenance

Private collection, Queensland

Related works

For similar examples in the collection of Museum Victoria, Melbourne, see Cooper, C., Aboriginal Australia, Australian Gallery Directors Council, Sydney, 1981, cat. N 304, (acquisition number X18032, illus. p. [141], pl. 21, and p. 178) together with cat. N 303 and N 305 (acquisition numbers X18044, X36971, illus. p. 178); and for a very similar example in the collection of the British Museum see Bark Basket, (Tunga), acquisition number Oc1913,-.145 acquired by the Museum in 1913 as part of a collection of 58 Australian indigenous artefacts, mostly Tiwi items donated by Dr William Collings Dawson