LUNGARUNG, 2005

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
14 October 2009
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Weaver Jack

born c.1928
LUNGARUNG, 2005

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

166.5 x 110.5 cm

inscribed verso: artist's name, medium, date, size, location and Short St Gallery cat. 3419

Estimate: 
$8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $9,000 (inc. BP) in Auction 11 - 14 October 2009, Melbourne
Provenance

Short St Gallery, Broome
William Mora Galleries, Melbourne (stamped verso)
Private collection, Melbourne

Catalogue text

The accompanying certificate from Short St Gallery records the following quote from the artist: 'We bin grow that rice in that warla country. This is my country, Lungurang country. This is where I was born, I travelled around this place as a young women walking through the sand dunes (Tali) collecting Mayi (bushfood) with my daddy and two mummies. We hunted kuwi, and sat down there. We didn't have clothes then. There is mulga tree here. I had two brothers. It is this side (west side) of Winpa in Western Australia.'