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Snake Dreamingby Victor Ross JupurrulaThe painting depicts two snakes travelling south to north west of Haasts Bluff in Central Australia. The concentric circles represents the caves, where the snake slept in during their journey. The Aboriginal women followed the snakes dancing while the men danced with their boomerangs. Warna (snake dreaming) belongs to skin groups of the Japurrula and Jagamarra (men) and the Napurrula and Nakamarra (women). The snake has become a totem for Aboriginal people, it has been passed down through the generations by the ancestral beings. |
ArtistVictor Ross Jupurrula was born c.1952 at Napanangkajarra a region of Yuendumu, Central Australia. Victor's Dreamings include Yarla (Big Yam) and Ngarlajiyi (Small Yam), Warna (Snake), Ngapa (Water), Karrku (the site of ochre mines at Mt. Stanley), Janganpa (Possum), Mukaki (Bush Plum, Karnta (Two Women) and Watijarra (Two Men). Victor Ross Jupurrula is married to Dadu Gorey Nungarrayi and both paint for Warlukurlangu art centre at Yuendumu. ![]() |
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