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THB19th C. Australian Aboriginal Bark Painting Barramundi
Lot 98
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Oceania, Australia, probably western Arnhem Land, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. An incredible sheet of eucalyptus bark painted using natural pigments to form a fantastical fish and three serpents. The fish is a barramundi, its body composed of intricate lines, curves, and dotted patterns in hues of red and white. Flanking the fish are three snakes which are likely water snakes known as kedjebe (Acrochordus arafurae). They are similarly decorated with intricate crosshatched lines. This painting was done in the traditional style of West Arnhem Land, which is part of the oldest continuous tradition of painting (from rock art to bark) known in the world. The colors are created from naturally occurring plants. A beautiful example that is displayed within a protective frame. Size of bark: 36" L x 19.5" H (91.4 cm x 49.5 cm); frame: 39" L x 2" W x 22" H (99.1 cm x 5.1 cm x 55.9 cm)
Fish and snakes played important roles in the cosmology and survival of the Aboriginals. The means "large-scaled silver fish" and is part of Dreamtime mythology involving a story of forbidden love and two humans changing into these fish. The kedjebe is a freshwater snake, found living in rivers, creeks, and billabongs (oxbow lakes), where it will burrow down into the mud. people wade out into the water during the dry season and reach into the mud to catch these non-venomous snakes. In the past, they would then kill them by taking the head in the mouth, biting it, and breaking the animal's neck.
Provenance: private New York collection
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#162397Chipping of pigments, especially lower areas of fish, but overall details are well preserved. Minor scratches and chips to peripheries of bark. Displayed in a protective frame.Condition
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