18th Sep, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A Mid-20th Century Australian Aboriginal 'Pukamani' Ceremonial Bark Panel, painted by Mira-lei (Long Peter, born 1900) of the Tiwi Tribe, with bands of geometric and dotted motifs interspersed with quartered circles in shades of ochre, white and black, with a typed label to verso inscribed "Painted from the memory of an old man's decorating of a pukamani pole, seen when Mira-lei was a boy", 49cm by 37cm, in a later glazed case.
Footnote :- The Tiwi Islands (Bathurst or Melville Island) is north of Arnhem Land. The Islanders had a ceremony called the Pukamani which was performed after the death of a local tribesman.The burial Pukumani poles are gifts to please the spirits of the dead.
Sold for £220
Estimated at £100 - £150
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 18th Sep, 2024
Highlights of the Militaria section include an interesting collection of items relating to Colonel Alwyn de Blaquiere Valentine Paget, a Gentleman at Arms (bodyguard) to King Edward VII, a Second World War RAF Sector Clock, used in operations' rooms to aid track and intercept enemy aircraft over Britain and two collections of badges, buttons and insignia. A good offering of Ethnographica in the sale is lead by a 19th Century Australian Aboriginal Parrying Shield, from the Lower Murray River Region.
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