NGANWAYA II, 2000

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
6 October 2010
35

Janangoo Butcher Cherel

(c.1920 - 2009)
NGANWAYA II, 2000

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

91.0 x 71.0 cm

signed verso: BUTCHER
inscribed verso: artist's name, Mangkaja Arts cat. PC205/00

Estimate: 
$12,000-18,000
Sold for $16,800 (inc. BP) in Auction 17 - 6 October 2010, Melbourne
Provenance

Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing
Artplace, Perth
Private collection, Perth
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 25 July 2005, lot 257
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited

Janangoo Butcher Cherel, Artplace, Perth, 13 August – 3 September 2002, cat. 17
In the exhibition catalogue the artist explained: ‘This is Ngawaya, river mussels. We use the shell for ceremony.'