Janet Long Nakamarra

Underground Water (Ngapa)

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Underground Water (Ngapa)
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Underground Water (Ngapa)

Janet Long Nakamarra

Underground Water (Ngapa)

Central Art Aboriginal Art Store
Code: 0871209
Medium: Acrylic on Belgian Linen
Size: 120x97
Year: 2008
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The painting depicts the underground water system at Warntaparri, an important place for the skin groups Nakamarra and Napurrurla. It is here where these skin groups perform dance actions to invoke the ancestral beings to ensure rain.


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