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Click to enlargeb. c.1940
- Region
- Central Desert & Tanami
- Community
- Lajamanu
Rock Wallabies (Wackaljarri), 2000
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
59 x 83 cm
$380
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- Provenance
- Warnayaka Art Centre, Lajamanu, NT, Cat No. L/00-119 Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
- Artwork story
- The Wampana Wallaby Dreaming. The wallabies are carrying on their heads Yarripiri Snake Dreaming. They were joined at Miya Miya by other Dreamings where they held a Jardiwanpa ,Fire Dreaming. The Wallabies home is at Pulatyerre. All the rock wallabies are sleeping. This dreaming belongs to the Japanangka, Napanangka. Japangardi, Napangardi skin groups. There is a big ceremony about this dreaming in which both men and women participate.