Janet Long Nakamarra

Ngapa (Water Dreaming)

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Ngapa (Water Dreaming)
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Ngapa (Water Dreaming)

Janet Long Nakamarra

Ngapa (Water Dreaming)

Central Art Aboriginal Art Store
Code: 0608473
Medium: Acrylic on Belgian Linen
Size: 144x69cm
Year: 2006
Price: NFS

 

The painting depicts underground water soakages (white dots) along the Lander River system (fork) important to the Aboriginal people from Warntaparri country, in the Tanami Desert region of Central Australia.

The roundels represents campsite, where ceremonies were performed, which included chanting, singing and dancing action to invoke the Ancestral Beings to ensure rain.

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