JANUARY ANTIQUE & ART AUCTION Tuesday, 23 January 2018 - 10:00 AM start
An old Aboriginal didgeridoo by Jack Wherra
Estimate: $1,500
Lot Details
plain natural wood with incised designs of snakes, emus, crocodile, wombat, turtle, kangaroo. L.930mm. Signed Jack Wherra (c.1924-1980), a Ngarinyin man from the Kimberley, Western Australia. Jack developed his narrative carving style while in jail for 'tribal killings'. He received a pardon in 1963.
