Respected Aboriginal historian, Dick Kimber explains the elements of the Mallee Fowl Story “where scratching marks of the idiosyncratic bird building its substantial mound-shaped nest inspired the dancing steps of men in the corresponding ceremony. That description illuminates the connection between the natural behaviour of the bird and the men’s expression in a tjukurrpa performance.”1 [1] Ale…

Provenance

Private collection, Central Australia; Sotheby’s, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 24 July 2007, lot no. 132; Private collection, Sydney

Literature

Alec B O’Halloran, The Master from Marnpi, LifeDesign Australia, Sydney, 2018, p.121, fig.9.6