Mervyn Franey Mpetyane
Perentie and Snake
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Mervyn Franey Mpetyane
Perentie and Snake
Code: 10032100
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 90x69
Year: 2010
Price: $
The artwork depicts Perentie's and snake, which are significant totemic anthropomorphic representations in Aboriginal Dreamtime stories, as well a vital food source for the Indigenous people of central Australia.
In Aboriginal artwork the perentie and snake are depicted as symbolic spiritual motifs.
If you would like to know more about the Perentie and Snake and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles:
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