Mani-Luki (Harry Carpenter) Wommatakimmi
(1914 - 1980)
PURUKAPALI AND BIMA, 1962
natural earth pigments on carved softwood
49.5 and 48.5 cm height
Estimate:
$15,000 - $20,000 (2)
Sold:
$12,200 (inc. BP)
lot details
Private collection, Adelaide, acquired at Milikapiti, Melville Island, 1962
Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 24 July 2007, lot 76
The Luczo Family Collection, USA
Literature
Isaacs, J., Tiwi: Art / History / Culture, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2012, p. 69 (illus. as ‘Macassan Figures’)
Related Works
Maccassan Captains Wife, 1960s and Maccassan Ship Captain, 1960s, in the collection of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, illus. in O’Ferrall, M. A., Keepers of the Secrets: Aboriginal Art from Arnhem Land in the Collection of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1990, pl. 23, 24, p. 31