BARU THE CROCODILE, c.1970

Important Aboriginal Works of Art
Melbourne
25 May 2016
161

ARTIST UNKNOWN, NORTH EAST ARNHEM LAND

BARU THE CROCODILE, c.1970

pigments and synthetic polymer paint of carved hardwood

130.5 cm length

Estimate: 
$2,000 – 3,000
Sold for $4,270 (inc. BP) in Auction 43 - 25 May 2016, Melbourne
Provenance

Collected in North East Arnhem Land by the vendor’s father in the early 1970s
Thence by descent
Private collection, Melbourne