WATER GOANNAS AND PIED OYSTER CATCHERS, c.1968

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
24 March 2010
218

John Mundrugmundrug

(c.1927 - 1987)
WATER GOANNAS AND PIED OYSTER CATCHERS, c.1968

natural pigments on bark

77.0 x 50.0 cm (irregular)

handwritten label attached verso: Artist: John Munturrug Munturrug (sic) / Tribe: Burera / 172 / The dogs have come into / the country of the water goanna / and pied oyster catcher and / the butterfly. Johnny is a singer / and he sings these songs

Estimate: 
$2,800 - 3,200
Provenance

Private collection, Sydney