Australian Aboriginal art sale

[DavidR]

As you may know Heather and I are leaving Guanajuato forever. Because of this unfortunate event we are offering some of our Aboriginal art for sale as follows:

"WANDJINAS" by Warren Barunga. Acrylic on canvas.
This work was bought from the artist in 2003 at the Mowanjum Community Gallery near Derby in the far north of Western Australia and depicts the creator beings revered by the Aboriginal people in the Kimberley.
82cms, 32 inches X 62 cms, 24.5 inches
$AU800, $US830
   

"FIVE SISTERS" BY Mingi May Barnes. Acrylic on canvas.
I met Mingi in Derby and bought two of her works in 2004 as she passed through on her way home to Fitzroy Crossing although she is originally from Christmas Creek in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The painting is typical of Western Desert art.
65cms, 25.5 inches X 87 cms, 34 inches.
$AU450, $US470
   

"BUSH TUCKER" by Narelle Reid Napangardi. Acrylic on canvas.
Bought in the red centre north of Alice Springs in 1996.
Narelle Reid Napangardi is from Tjukula on the border of Western Australia and the Northern Territory. The artist typically paints stories from her mother?s country around Papunya which is the home of Aboriginal art.
126 cms, 49.5 inches X 153 cms, 61 inches
$AU800, $US830
   

BUSH PEGS (sic) DREAMING by Rhonda Stockman. Acrylic on canvas.
Rhonda is another central Australian artist whose work was also bought in 1996 in the Centre. Inscribed on the reverse is "Lots of womens? dancing & singing and also dancing with nulla nullas and cutting some bush berries"
132 cms, 52 inches X 96 cms, 38 inches.
$AU800, $US830
   

DIDGERIDOO. This didge or yidaki is the genuine article from Arnhem Land in the far north of the Northern Territory. It is made from a termite hollowed branch of the Darwin woolybutt tree. The photo depicts the distal end of the instrument and some of the artwork that covers the full length. The mouth piece is made from bees wax.
Length: 131 cms or 51 inches
$AU350, $US363.
   

COOLAMON. Coolamons were traditionally used by Aboriginal women to carry water, fruits, nuts, as well as to cradle babies. This one is made of timber and was collected in the Centre in 1996.
68 cms, 21 inches X 20 cms, 8 inches.
$AU250, $US260

All the prices reflect what we paid for each item.

If you are interested please contact me to arrange a viewing. I apologise for the pictures which do not do the artworks justice.

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Australian Aboriginal Prophecies\
Prophecies handed down from generation to generation of the Australian aboriginal Elders speak of the coming of the end times of one dimension as we enter another. One of the prophecies from the Australian Aboriginals has to do with 'black rain' falling at the end time.

\Guboo Ted Thomas, Australian Aboriginal Tribal Elder:

I was in dreamtime. I saw this great wave going. I tell people about this wave. It wasn't a tidal wave. This was a spiritual wave. So, to me, I believe that the dreamtime is going to be that. I believe the revival is going to start in Australia when we're Dreaming. It's the hummingbee that I'm talking about. And love. We've got to learn to love one another. You see, that's really what's going to happen to the earth. We're going to have tidal waves. We're going to have earthquakes. That's coming because we don't consider this land as our Mother. We've taken way the balance, and we're not putting it back.

\CRYSTALINKS: INTERVIEW WITH MACKI RUKA Spiritual Elder of the Waitaha Maori of New Zealand \