A PAIR OF RANNGA (MORNING STAR) POSTS
natural earth pigments, feathers and string on carved softwood
132.0 cm and 101.0 cm heights
Estimate:
$3,800 - $4,500 (2)
lot details
Artist Unknown
A PAIR OF RANNGA (MORNING STAR) POSTS
natural earth pigments, feathers and string on carved softwood
132.0 cm and 101.0 cm heights
Provenance
Collected by Valentine Smith who was employed as a marine engineer with John Burke Shipping in the late 1950s. Smith worked on the vessels called Ellysana and Waiben, supplying far north Queensland, Gulf areas and Thursday Island Private collection, Melbourne