CYCADS, LATE 1950S

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
6 October 2010
29

Artist Unknown (Groote Eylandt)

CYCADS, LATE 1950S

natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

43.5 x 25.5 cm (irregular)

Estimate: 
$1,200-1,500
Provenance

Painted on Groote Eylandt
Private collection, Melbourne

Catalogue text

During the creation time, cycads were extremely scarce on Groote Eylandt. The ancestral fresh water tortoise took cycad nuts with him as he travelled and planted them at many sites. From that time cycads have always been plentiful on the island.