Rare Port Keats Bark Painting

Artist unknown, Wadeye, Northern Territory, Australia, c. early 1970s

Eucalyptus bark with pigments

26” h x 7.75” w (66.04 x 19.69 cm)

Price: $950

 
 

Port Keats was established as a Catholic mission in 1935.  The bark paintings from this area are distinctive in their rounded shape.  

The perimeter of this painting depicts the creek, the central panel is the design used for the bullroarer, and two spear points are painted on either side.