Stanislaus Puruntatameri, circa 1906-1987, KANGAROO
Stanislaus Puruntatameri, circa 1906-1987, KANGAROOEstimate $5,000 – $7,000
natural earth pigments on hardwood and perculum shell
HEIGHT: 37CM, LENGTH: 54CM
Provenance:
Executed on Bathurst or Melville Islands circa 1970
Private collection
Cf. For two sculptures by the artist see Aboriginal Arts Board, Art of Aboriginal Australia, Canada: Rothmans of Pall Mall, 1974, p.61, fig.118, and p.62, fig.123, (illus.).
From the mid-1950s Stanislaus Puruntatameri was an active sculptor on Bathurst Island who participated in several of the early exhibitions of Tiwi art both in Australia and abroad. He is represented in a number of major collections including those of the Museum of Victoria, the Janet Holmes à Court Collection, the Kelton Foundation and the National Gallery of Australia. The latter holds three animal sculptures including two from the mid-1950s