Aboriginal N.W. Pre Papunya Painted Bowl
#153093

Australian aboriginal NW pre-Papunya Movement painted bowl. An important wooden bowl displaying some of the motifs of the later Papunya Movement. Collected by a construction worker towards Jigalong Mission W.A. or Mulga Park Station N.T./S.A. border in the early 1960's. Natural earth pigments and binders mainly of red ochre, pipeclay, and charcoal on a heavy piece of metal tooled mulga wood. A small amount of pigment loss, and some staining from water or other intrusion, but piece is stable and remarkable. Rare.

Length: 47 cm / 18 in
Width: 16.5 cm / 6.5 in
Height: 13.5 cm / 5.25 in

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