Lot 23

The Artist
Warakurna Artists, Northern Territory, cat. no. 236-09 (accompanied by a copy of the certificate of authenticity)
The Le Pley Collection, Western Australia acquired from the above in 2009

"This painting depicts a story from Tommy's country called Walu. There were uncles and their little nephew camping at the Walu rockhole. The men used to go hunting and the little boy stayed behind. When the uncles were out of site [sic] the little boy would go steal meat from other people's camps. One day, families came to the uncles to complain about their nephew stealing their food. The little boy said to the uncles he didn't steal and the uncles believed him. The uncles then got mad at the families and then something happened."
As stated on the Warakurna Artists certificate of authenticity

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