SPOTLIGHT ON ARTWORK 1K AND UNDER: A LOOK AT BEAUTIFUL WORKS 1K & UNDER
Forthcoming viewing_room
Matilda Oxtoby Australian, Wunambal, b. 1962
Wandjina, 2019
Natural Pigment on Canvas
45 x 45 cm
841268
Wandjina was like a God to our people, they believed that he would fill up the river and the water holes and give them food, kangaroos, turtles and other animals....
Wandjina was like a God to our people, they believed that he would fill up the river and the water holes and give them food, kangaroos, turtles and other animals. As an art form, the Wandjina have human-like faces and bodies with round heads and a variety of headdress styles.