Lyndsay Bird Mpetyane
Snake Dreaming
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Lyndsay Bird Mpetyane
Snake Dreaming
Central Art Aboriginal Art Store
Code: 047123
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 122x77
Year: 2004
Price: NFS
The painting depicts Aboriginal iconography referring to the Snake Dreaming (Utnea), which Lyndsay Bird Mpetyane is the custodian of.
- The wavy lines represents the snakes
- The straight lines represents the journey path
- The half circles represents specific sites
The ancestral snakes travelled the land of Central Australia, marking important sites.
If you would like to know more about the Snake Dreaming and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles:
- Aboriginal Dreamtime Stories
- Aboriginal Symbols and their Meanings
- Utopia Aboriginal Art: Aboriginal Paintings from the Central Desert
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