BOWER BIRD DREAMING ON TEXAS DOWNS STATION, 1994

Important Aboriginal Art
Melbourne
25 March 2009
36

QUEENIE McKENZIE (NAKARRA)

(c.1930 - 1998)
BOWER BIRD DREAMING ON TEXAS DOWNS STATION, 1994

natural earth pigments on linen

80.0 x 100.0 cm

Estimate: 
$25,000 - 35,000
Provenance

Waringarri Traditional Arts, Kununurra
Red Rock Art, Kununurra
Private collection, Sydney

Catalogue text

The accompanying Red Rock Art Certificate describes the imagery depicted in this painting. 'In the centre of the painting, the black rectangular shapes depict a Bowerbird's Bower. The small black dots show all the shiny objects that the birds have collected to decorate the nest site. In the top right are two Bowerbirds that were turned into Boab trees in the Dreamtime. The hills along the bottom of the work is Dowyarrn Dowyarrna women's dreaming place that is also associated with the Moon Dreaming.'