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Contemporary
Jabanunga (Rainbow Serpent)
Medium
ochre and binder on canvas
Dimensions
180 x 270 cm
Date
1996
Details
Region: East Kimberley, W.A.
Community: Warmun (Turkey Creek)
Language: Kukatja / Wangajungka
Reproduced courtesy the copyright holder.
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The painting depicts the Rainbow Serpent penetrating the earth. The concentric circles represent both his eyes and vital organs and specific sites in the Pilbara where the Rainbow Serpent entered the ground on his subterranean journey to the sea following Cyclone Tracey and the destruction of Darwin on Christmas Day 1974.
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Provenance
Warmun Traditional Artists, W.A.
private collection, W.A.
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