Bark from Port Keats, c. 1960

natural earth pigments on bark

66 x 25.5 cm

$2,200

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Provenance: Kimberly Art, Vic Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
Exhibited: 35th Anniversary Exhibition, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Paddington, NSW, December 2016 – January 2017
Artwork story: Nym Banduk was one of the most influential Aboriginal elders of his time, and a leading artist among the Murrinhpatha and other groups who lived in and around the community of Wadeye (Port Keats) in the Fitzmaurice River region south-west of Darwin. He is renowned for his relationship with the eminent anthropologist W E H Stanner, whom he met in 1935 when Stanner accompanied a group of Catholic missionaries to establish a station in the region. Over the course of nearly five decades, Bandak interpreted his extensive knowledge of Aboriginal culture, society and law for Stanner, allowing the latter to better understand the Aboriginal condition, belief systems, philosophies and aspirations in a changing world. Stanner, in turn, would use the knowledge and understanding he received from Bandak to influence official government policies towards Indigenous people.

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c.1904 – 1981

natural earth pigments on bark

66 x 25.5 cm

$2,200

Secure payment via Stripe. Prices in AUD.

Provenance: Kimberly Art, Vic Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
Exhibited: 35th Anniversary Exhibition, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Paddington, NSW, December 2016 – January 2017
Artwork story: Nym Banduk was one of the most influential Aboriginal elders of his time, and a leading artist among the Murrinhpatha and other groups who lived in and around the community of Wadeye (Port Keats) in the Fitzmaurice River region south-west of Darwin. He is renowned for his relationship with the eminent anthropologist W E H Stanner, whom he met in 1935 when Stanner accompanied a group of Catholic missionaries to establish a station in the region. Over the course of nearly five decades, Bandak interpreted his extensive knowledge of Aboriginal culture, society and law for Stanner, allowing the latter to better understand the Aboriginal condition, belief systems, philosophies and aspirations in a changing world. Stanner, in turn, would use the knowledge and understanding he received from Bandak to influence official government policies towards Indigenous people.