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The Drum / By Stephanie Boltje

Wurundjeri people crowdfunding to buy rare Aboriginal artworks, return them to country

William Barak's Corroboree (Women in possum skin cloaks) is one of two pieces set to be auctioned. (Sotheby's)

Descendants of prominent Indigenous artist William Barak fear they will lose two rare artworks when they go under the hammer in New York on Wednesday.

Auction house Sotheby's will auction off a 19th-century painting and a decorative shield. Both have been kept in the same Swiss family since their creation.

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