Sabrina Robertson depicts the Dream of Water, linked to the sacred site of Pirlinyarnu. In the Dreamtime, two rainmaker ancestors from the Jangala family called down rain with their songs, triggering a huge storm. The storm moved along various clan territories. It was then seized by a brown hawk ancestor (kirrkarlanji) who let it fall on Pirlinyarnu, where a very large swamp (maluri) formed. This marsh still exists today, and when it rains, hundreds of ducks (ngapangarla) gather there.
The concentric circles here represent waterholes and the Pirlinyarnu marsh; the undulating lines represent the power of the torrential rains running down the ochre-coloured hillsides. For the Warlpiri, the many tiny lines within these lines symbolize the clouds that formed in the sky before the storm.
Sabrina Robertson NANGALA
Ngapa Jukurrpa - Pirlinyarnu (Water Dreaming) , 2024
Art : Aboriginal
Origine : Yuendumu
Dimensions : 61 x 30 cm
Medium : Acrylic on canvas
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N° : 4696

