Dadu Gorey Nungarrayi
Womens Dreaming
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Dadu Gorey Nungarrayi
Womens Dreaming
Central Art Aboriginal Art Store
Code: 09061661
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 152x71
Year: 2009
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This artwork refers to the Nungarrayi and Napanangka women from Yuendumu in central Australia. Women's Dreaming's involves intimate knowledge about their country which is passed on through ceremonies to the next generation of younger women. At these events significant markings are applied to the upper body, song lines and dance cycles are performed to re-act ancestors.
In this artwork women are depicted gathering together with digging sticks and coolamon's. It also depicts to the left side of the work a man with weapons used for hunting.
If you would like to know more about Women's Dreaming and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles:
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