Mervyn Franey Mpetyane
Perenties
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Mervyn Franey Mpetyane
Perenties
Code: 12022468
Medium: Acrylic on Belgian Linen
Size: 148x38cm
Year: 2012
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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