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Australian Aboriginal bark-style painting, "Sugarboy", ochre, charcoal, kaolin, binder. Nirritja Wanambi. AGW813 ~ 16" x 12"

$500.00

Australian Aboriginal bark-style painting, “Sugar Boy” (Wuyal). Natural ochre, charcoal and kaolin with natural binder on art board. by Nirritja Wanambi.

The subject is Wuyal, (Creator Ancestor) also known as the Sugar Boy because of the sugar bag around his neck. Recalled in the Dreamtime stories of the Yirrkala people. As Wuyal travelled through Marrakula clan land, Wuyal downed trees to get the honey hives. Rivers formed where the trees fell.

Acquired personally in 1990 at Buku-Larrngay Arts, Yirrkala, NT, Australia. (Independent documentation available). Please note this work has already been mounted and framed.

Wanambi is a common name among the Aborigines of Arnhemland. Extensive search has failed, however, to provide further information about this artist. We must rely on the considerable integrity of Buku-Larnngay Arts for provenance.
16” x 12”, #W813

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SHIPPING INFORMATION: An advantage to residents of the United States is, if you are shipping to an address within the 48 mainland states, we will ship this authentic Australian Aboriginal painting FREE at our expense, and you will avoid delays of trans-Pacific shipping, customs paperwork and import duties, as this authentic indigenous Australian Aboriginal dreamtime painting is currently secured in climate-controlled conditions in Fort Myers, Florida. For buyers who wish shipping to other locations, we can arrange that at your expense, to be negotiated after your purchase.

Per Certificate from Buku-Larnngay dated 13/3/90: “Wuyal (Creator Ancestor) In ancestral times Wuyal travelled through Marrskulu clan country. As he travelled, he searched for bush honey following bees to their hives in hollow stringybark trees. Wuyal used stone axes to chop down the trees to get the honey. Where the trees fell, rivers form. Wuyal travelled carrying stone spear and axe head wrapped in a paperbark bundle. He’d shaped these spears and axes from stone found at the headwaters of the Gurka’wuy River. That river had formed from a tree he chopped down. wuyal markedand named the Country and conferred important sites on Marrakulu people. He also gave Marrakulu people important knowledge - Ceremonial Knowledge for living in their Country. The Marrakulu clan design associated with Wuyal represents spects of the Country htrough which he travelled - the flowering stringybark tree and the bubbling creeks.” Signed by the resident Art Advisor.