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| Artist: |
Roslyn Karedada |
| Title: |
Wandjinas |
| Price: |
$2585.00 in Australia
$2350.00 for Export. |
| PA770, 2001 |
| Ochres on canvas |
| 100 x 140 cm |
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The Wandjinas are ‘the spirits in the clouds’. These spectacular Wandjina figures are found in rock art sites in many caves widely throughout the Kimberley. The figures depicted in the caves have two meanings: the figures are both human in form and cloud-like. The Wandjina figures have an elaborate head-dress which may be described as the hair of the Wandjina, but which is also the cloud. Some figures have long protruding lines around the head which are both the feathers that the Wandjina wore and the lightning which he/she controls. It is understood that the clouds that come starting the arrival of the monsoonal rains (the Wet Season) are the Wandjinas themselves. Aboriginal people believe that should the Wandjina be offended then the Wandjinas will take their revenge by calling up lightning to strike the offender dead, or rain to flood the land and drown the people, or cyclone with its gales to devastate the country. These are the powers which the Wandjinas can use. |
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| Delivery cost for this item |
| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe/Other |
$77 |
| Asia/Pacific |
$66 |
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