PUKUMANI CEREMONY, c.1965

Important Fine Art + Aboriginal Art
Sydney
2 December 2015
167

PUTMAPUNGA

PUKUMANI CEREMONY, c.1965

natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

96.0 x 47.0 cm

bears inscription on label verso: Pukamani ceremony, MELVILLE ISLAND. / This design shows water holes that the cult hero Purakapali used / H (sic) washed himself after performing the first ceremony for his / dead son. / This was long ago in the creation or Dreaming time / Painted by Putamapunga. Melville Is.

Estimate: 
$3,000 – 5,000
Provenance

Purchased in the 1970s from Casa Pepe, a gift shop in the lower plaza of the Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne.
Private collection, Melbourne