Wandjina

$385.00

  • 50cm x 25cm
  • Natural ochre and pigment on canvas
  • Catalog No: 2217-K01000-25

The Wandjina are a god to our ancestors, they created country, people and animals before turning themselves into rock paintings. They are sometimes called “lightning man” or “rain maker” and every year they fill the water holes, creeks, and rivers through making the wet season. The Wandjina can be vengeful if people break the law, by making big storms and cyclones. Our ancestors used to draw with their hands or for paintbrushes, they would use spear grass or chew the end of bush bamboo They used to use kangaroo blood and red ochre as paint. They would mix the ochre with the red gum from the white tree.

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