Philip Gudthaykudthay
Gurrirringu Story
Gurrirringu Story
77 1/2 x 6 1/4in (197 x 16cm)
natural earth pigments and binder on eucalyptus.
Provenance:
Cat. No. DO1280 (2006), Bula Bula Arts, Ramingining, Arnhem Land, NT
Private American Collection
In the present work, Gudthaykudthay depicts the Badaruu ceremony, where in Dreamtime, simultaneous with ceremonial song and dance by designated clan members, the Hollow Log and bones are spirited away into the sky by an owl, the bones drop out and scatter across the heavens to form the Milky Way.
natural earth pigments and binder on eucalyptus.
Provenance:
Cat. No. DO1280 (2006), Bula Bula Arts, Ramingining, Arnhem Land, NT
Private American Collection
In the present work, Gudthaykudthay depicts the Badaruu ceremony, where in Dreamtime, simultaneous with ceremonial song and dance by designated clan members, the Hollow Log and bones are spirited away into the sky by an owl, the bones drop out and scatter across the heavens to form the Milky Way.
Estimate:
US$ 5,000 - 7,000
€3,900 - 5,400
£3,300 - 4,600
€3,900 - 5,400
£3,300 - 4,600
Category: Ethnographic Art / African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art
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