DIVER BIRD, c.1965

Important Aboriginal Art
Melbourne
25 March 2009
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LIPUNDJA GUPAPUYNGU

(c.1912 - 1968)
DIVER BIRD, c.1965

natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

86.0 x 29.0 cm

Estimate: 
$5,000 - 6,000
Provenance

Private collection, Melbourne

Catalogue text

The diver bird represents the final dance of the Gapapuydau mortuary rites. In this representation it has plunged into the sacred waterhole to seize a catfish. The black background indicates the power of the dive.