Wandjina & the Wunggurr: Dreamtime creators of the land & water: An Exhibition by Clarrie Djanghara
Past exhibition
Clarrie Djanghara Australian, Wunambi, b. 1964
Spiderweb and the Spirits, 2021
Natural ochre and pigment on canvas
60 x 60 cm
2544-21
These are the spirits who wanted to be powerful like the Wandjina.The people made a magic bush hair and boab string trap like a spiderweb. They wanted to catch the...
These are the spirits who wanted to be powerful like the Wandjina.The people made a magic bush hair and boab string trap like a spiderweb. They wanted to catch the people who could not be seen because they had vanishing dust in their dilly bags. There's a bush woman (jillina) in the centre. She's a mythical creature and you can also see the little people (junba) down the bottom. There's the running men who are protecting themselves from the bush spirits. Some images have pieces washed away by nature like you see it in the rock art around Kalumburu.