Wandjina & the Wunggurr: Dreamtime creators of the land & water: An Exhibition by Clarrie Djanghara
Past exhibition
Clarrie Djanghara Australian, Wunambi, b. 1964
The Mating of the Animals, 2021
Natural ochre and pigment on canvas
60 x 60 cm
2549-21
This artwork represents new life and shows the animals that the people ate for bush tucker. These are the mothers, fathers, babies and the eggs. There are wallabies, flying possums...
This artwork represents new life and shows the animals that the people ate for bush tucker. These are the mothers, fathers, babies and the eggs. There are wallabies, flying possums and the water snakes Wunggurr. You can see the tracks that the animals made. You can see the bush yam and peoples hands, how they used to dig for them. The circles are bush potatoes, they are small with a stem and they grow in the wet seasons. The long ones are like a sweet potatoes in Wunambul language long yam is called Garnmanggu.