Janet Long Nakamarra
Ngapa (Water Dreaming)
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Janet Long Nakamarra
Ngapa (Water Dreaming)
Central Art Aboriginal Art Store
Code: 0608474
Medium: Acrylic on Belgian Linen
Size: 127x112cm
Year: 2006
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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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