Artist Unknown, RANGGA (STINGRAY)
Artist Unknown, RANGGA (STINGRAY)Estimate $3,000 – $5,000
- Lot Sold $3,800 (Hammer Price)
- $4,560 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
natural earth pigments on carved wood
HEIGHT: 53.5CM
Provenance:
Executed in Central Arnhem Land circa 1960
Gabrielle Pizzi Collection
Exhibited:
Aratjara: Art of the First Australians, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, 24 April-4 July 1993; Hayward Gallery, London, 23 July-10 October 1993, Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, 11 February-23 May 1994, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 23 June-15 August 1994
Literature:
Bernhard Lüthi et al., Aratjara: Art of the First Australians, Cologne: Dumont, 1993, p.164, cat.no.33 (illus.)
A figure of a stingray in the form of a ceremonial object, the body is painted with rarrk, or cross-hatched clan designs from west-central Arnhem Land. The back of the figure carries an image of the creatures' liver.