Product Details

Artist Name Lily Karadada
Product Name Lily Karadada "Wandjina" - (Rain Spirit) 100/100 cm. Ochre on linen (N-0960-LK)
Product Description It is said that the mysterious Wandjina spirit figure is the embodiment of the rain spirit and ancestor of the Wunambal people. Found in the plateau areas along the North Kimberley coast and hinterland, painted on rocks and the walls of caves by long gone artisans, they are always pictured from a frontal aspect with no mouths, and large blacks eyes and a slit or beak-like nose, with the veil of dots suggesting raindrops. Dreamtime mythology has it that the Wandjina emerged from the clouds, and will return in that manner, while other versions suggest that Dumbi, the Owl, is the model, thus he is prominent in some of the stories. Lily encounters many of the creatures of the area in her bush travels, and on this occasion, she presents woolmara, the fresh water tortoise, in the company of oongood, the water python and kariali, the lizard.
Size 100/100 cm
Medium Ochre on Belgian linen
Date Completed 10/10/1999
Product Price 2400.00
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Product Category Painting

 

 

 
 

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