JANUS FUGURE OF PURRUKUPARLI, c.1970

Important Aboriginal Works of Art
Melbourne
25 May 2016
145

ATTRIBUTED TO EDDIE PURUNTATAMERI

(1948 – 1995)
JANUS FUGURE OF PURRUKUPARLI, c.1970

natural earth pigments on carved and shaped ironwood

64.5 cm height

Estimate: 
$3,000 – 4,000
Provenance

Private collection, Victoria, acquired while working on architectural projects in Arnhem Land and the Tiwi Islands in the early 1970s