MANBIRI - EEL TAIL CATFISH

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
24 March 2010
201

John Baya (1)

born 1940
MANBIRI - EEL TAIL CATFISH

natural earth pigments on bark

137.0 x 57.5 cm (irregular)

inscribed verso: JOHN BAYA (1)
/ OF THE / DAYGURRGURR /
PEOPLE / MANBIRI /
EEL TAIL / CATFISH
remnant of Mission
label attached verso

Estimate: 
$1,000 - 1,500
Sold for $960 (inc. BP) in Auction 13 - 24 March 2010, Melbourne
Provenance

Private collection, Hong Kong