£400 - £600
Nanyin Maymuru
(Australian Aboriginal, 1918-69)
Six Possums climbing the Munytjutj
Chalk on Bark
24 x 84cm.
The artist was a ceremonial leader of the Manggalili people and was a famous painter who recorded myths of his tribe on bark. Such works hang in museums and art galleries and are sought after because of their scarcity. Maymuru devoted the majority of his time to teaching law and ceremony.
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