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'Minala, the Dreamtime Tortoise' c.1958.
Dorothy Bennett collection (possibly no.101)
Natural Earth Pigments on Eucalyptus Bark
114x44cm

PROVENANCE:
Dorothy Bennett, 1958; Collection Mr H & Mrs P Wallace, Sydney.

OTHER NOTES:
Documentation sheets, 'Minala was once a woman who changed into a tortoise to avoid being continuously stung by leeches. At the time she was wearing woven armbands of pandanus, and these are the horizontal lines which can be seen around the tortoise's neck today. The tortoise lives in her dreaming place of Wonguri.'

Estimate $800-1,500