DUGONG SPIRIT FIGURE, c.1958

Part 2: Important Aboriginal Art
Melbourne
28 November 2012
147

Attributed To MICK ARUNI ILLORTAMINNI

(c.1917 - 1973)
DUGONG SPIRIT FIGURE, c.1958

natural earth pigments on carved ironwood

52.0 cm height

Estimate: 
$4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,600 (inc. BP) in Auction 27 - 28 November 2012, Melbourne
Provenance

Acquired at Bathurst Island, 1958
Dorothy Bennett Collection, Darwin
Private collection, Sydney
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 9 July 2001, lot 15
Private collection, Melbourne