Wolpa Wanambi depicts a hero from the mythical Dreamtime: Wuyal. This Great Ancestor of the Yrrkala Aboriginal people (the Marrakulu) was a hunter who pursued small kangaroos (rock wallabies) that lived in the vicinity of Mount Saunders, near a site that became sacred called Nhulunbuy.
The background, with its dotted and hatched patterns, symbolizes the Nhulunbuy region, offering a kind of map made up of a collection of ritual forms: these forms and the patterns that decorate them are directly inspired by the religious paintings of the region.
Wolpa WANAMBI
Wuyal ga Marurrumburr , 2000
Art : Aboriginal
Origine : Yirrkala
Dimensions : 75,7 x 55,5 cm
Medium : Linocut
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N° : 987
