Kathleen Petyarre
Mountain Devil Lizard Dreaming
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Kathleen Petyarre
Mountain Devil Lizard Dreaming
Code: 8311
Medium: Synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen
Size: 182 x 243 cm
Year: 2008
Price: $ POA
The center of this painting represents a sacred Women’s Dreaming site associated with the green pea (antweth). Depicted throughout the painting are seeds (ntang) of the pea, which are an important food for the “traditional healer” (ngangkar), and the Mountain Devil Lizard (Arnkerrth). The elongated X-shape represents two of the artist’s Mountain Ancestors Dreaming paths.
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Tags: unearthed - stories written in the land
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