Raymond Walters Japanangka
Lightning Dreaming
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Raymond Walters Japanangka
Lightning Dreaming
Central Art Aboriginal Art Store
Code: 0801897
Medium: Acrylic on Belgian Linen
Size: 122x39
Year: 2008
Price: AUD$1,980.00 inc. GST
The painting depicts Aboriginal iconography, referring to the Lightning Dreaming.
- This icon = represents the lightning
This story belongs to Ngala and Petyan (Aboriginal tribal names)
During the Dreaming a big bolt of lightning hit the side of a hill and created a big cave. This cave has an entrance and exit.
When the lightning bolt hit the hill two big boulders came flying out and landed on a hill point five kilometres away from the cave.
These stories belonging to this dreaming are sung during men's ceremony.
If you would like to know more about the Lightning Dreaming and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles:
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