Product Details

Artist Name Lily Karadada
Product Name Lily Karadada "Wandjina" - (Rain Spirit) 90/60 cm. Redgum, ochres and clay on canvas (N-0244-LK)
Product Description It is said that the Wandjina spirit figure is the embodiment of the rain spirit and ancestor of the Wunambal, Ngarinyin and Worrora peoples of the north west Kimberley region of Western Australia, where ancient artisans reproduced their images on the walls of the caves and rock formations of the plateau areas along the coast and hinterland. They are always pictured, in ochres and clays, from a frontal aspect, with no mouths, and large blacks eyes and a slit or beak-like nose. The icons are usually depicted in a veil of dots representing the blood and water mix of man and animal. Dreamtime mythology has it that the Wandjina emerged from the rain clouds, and will return in that manner, other versions suggest that Dumbi, the Owl, is the model, thus it is prominent in some of the stories.
Size 90/60 cm
Medium Redgum, ochres and clay on canvas.
Date Completed 5/12/98
Product Price 2000.00
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