BIMA, c.1965
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MANI-LUKI (HARRY CARPENTER) WOMMATAKIMMI
(c.1914 – 1980)
BIMA, c.1965
natural earth pigments on carved softwood
47.5 cm height
Estimate:
$8,000 – 12,000
Sold for $9,760 (inc. BP) in Auction 45 - 19 October 2016, Melbourne
Provenance
Created on Melville Island, Northern Territory
Jim Davidson, Melbourne, acquired c.1965
Joel Fine Art, Melbourne, 5 June 2007, lot 43
The Luczo Family Collection, USA
Related works
Purukapali, 1960s, in the collection of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, illus. in O’Ferrall, M. A., Keepers of the Secrets: Aboriginal Art from Arnhem Land in the Collection of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1990, pl. 19, p. 30