MAAM, MALIGNANT SPIRIT, MALE FIGURE WITH MULTIPLE LEGS, 1950s

Important Aboriginal Art
Melbourne
26 March 2014
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PADDY COMPASS NAMATBARA

(1890 - 1973)
MAAM, MALIGNANT SPIRIT, MALE FIGURE WITH MULTIPLE LEGS, 1950s

natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

48.0 x 26.0 cm

inscribed verso: artist's name 'Neimburra' [sic] and title 'Devil Devil'

Estimate: 
$5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $4,800 (inc. BP) in Auction 34 - 26 March 2014, Melbourne
Provenance

Executed at Minjilang, Croker Island, Western Arnhem Land
Private collection, United States of America
Private collection, Melbourne