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Alfred Lalara Macassan Prau 2008
Acrylic on cotton 455 X 455mm SOLD
Alfred has painted this story that was recorded on a bark painting in the early part of the 1940’s. The painting
depicts a Macassan prau with three figures, waves and sea creatures. Below the Macassan prau are the waves
and in amongst the waves are jelly fish Armbulirra these are shown as the four white dots. The yellow circle that
looks like a sun is the food for turtles, siphonophore maninga and the long yellow design is the shovel nosed ray.