Life at Yuwa Dreaming

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Title

Life at Yuwa Dreaming

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

The central feature of this painting is the hill at Yuwa, west of Napperby. Here marks on the rocks are regarded as tracks left by a family group in the Dreaming. The smaller circles are camps, which connect to the hill through radiating lines of travel. Animal and bird totems are represented by their track marks. The painting is divided into men's and women's areas. The bottom right-hand corner depicts the women in domestic camps complete with windbreaks

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Format

Image

Date created

1974

Creator

Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri / Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/757156

Related subjects

acrylic paint / canvas / paintings / Australian Aboriginal / Australia

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