COMMUNIYT SPOTLIGHT : MOWANJUM & THE WANDJINA: NEW WORKS FROM THE STOCKROOM
Current viewing_room
Gordon Barunga Australian, Worrorra, b. 1961
Wandjina & Wara Inja (cloud and rain spirits & kangaroo), 2021
acrylic on canvas
45 x 45 cm
21-0144
The Wandjina spirits are highly respected by the Worrora, Ngarinyin and Wunumbul people who live at Mowanjum and up the Gibb River Road to Kalumburru in the North West Kimberley...
The Wandjina spirits are highly respected by the Worrora, Ngarinyin and Wunumbul people who live at Mowanjum and up the Gibb River Road to Kalumburru in the North West Kimberley region of Western Australia. Where you see a lot of Wandjinas they represent the laws of tree, rivers, rocks, bush fruit and animals, all creation. These customs are carried on today. This painting represents the kangaroo and how people hunted them. They were hunted for food and used the skin of female kangaroos for making hair belts.