Galuma Maymura
(born 1951)
YAMBIRRKU, 2013
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
141.0 x 56.0 cm
bears inscription on Buku-Larrngay Mulka Arts label verso: artist’s name, location and cat.4316R
Estimate:
$3,000 - $4,000
Sold:
$2,440 (inc. BP)
lot details
Buku-Larrngay Mulka Arts, Yirrkala, Northern Territory
The McKay Superannuation Fund Art Collection, Brisbane
Exhibited
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 9 August 2013 – 10 November 2013
This work is accompanied by a certificate from Buku-Larrngay Mulka Arts which states: ‘This painting shows the action of the sand crabs transmuting the flesh of a Yambirrku fish as a metaphor for the mortuary rituals of the Manggalili clan at Djarrakpi as the deceased’s soul returns to its font.’