DAWALINJARA, Jumbo (1939-?)
'Giant of the Dreamtime,' c.1975.
Dorothy Bennett collection (possibly no. 107)
Natural Earth Pigments on Eucalyptus Bark
92x33cm

PROVENANCE:
Dorothy Bennett, 1975; Collection Mr H & Mrs P Wallace, Sydney (acquired 1981)

OTHER NOTES:
Documentation verso, 'The Dreamtime Giant is known as Luma Luma by the Gunwinggu people and as Ngarapia by the Burada tribe. His actions during life and the manner of his death are the same, but whereas Luma Luma's spirit is thought to have gone into a barramundi, that of Ngarapia went into a rock.'

Estimate $800-1,200