Mimis Singing, 1960

natural earth pigments on Eucalyptus bark

91 x 31 cms

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Provenance: Bears artist’s name and titled mimi in chalk on the reverse
Artwork story: Mimis inhabit the rocky escarpments in Cetral and Western Arnhem Land. They are believed to have been people who inhabited Australia prior to the current Aboriginal people. Having taught Aborigines how to hunt , prepare foods and ceremonies they died out and entered the spirit world. Yirawala is considered to have been the greatest of Arnhem land’s old bark painters. This work was collected by anthropologist Charles Mountford and given as a gift to a close freind in the early 1960’s.

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c.1894 – 1976

natural earth pigments on Eucalyptus bark

91 x 31 cms

Price on application — enquire

Provenance: Bears artist’s name and titled mimi in chalk on the reverse
Artwork story: Mimis inhabit the rocky escarpments in Cetral and Western Arnhem Land. They are believed to have been people who inhabited Australia prior to the current Aboriginal people. Having taught Aborigines how to hunt , prepare foods and ceremonies they died out and entered the spirit world. Yirawala is considered to have been the greatest of Arnhem land’s old bark painters. This work was collected by anthropologist Charles Mountford and given as a gift to a close freind in the early 1960’s.