Water Dreaming Chiffon Sarong
These sarongs feature gorgeous artworks by Indigenous artists from Warlukurlangu Artists, an art centre based in the remote community of Yuendumu. Their unique artworks tell stories of the culture and Country of Central Australia. Whether you love vibrant reds and blues or more muted tones, you are sure to find a design that suits your taste.
Product: Sarong
Materials: 100% polyester - light chiffon
Size: 100 x 160cm
Washing: Cold gentle hand wash or machine wash. Do not bleach. Do not tumble dry. Do not iron. Steam.
Artwork: Water Dreaming
Artist: Marissa Napanangka Anderson
The site depicted in this painting is Puyurra, west of Yuendumu. In the usually dry creek beds are water soakages or naturally occurring wells. Two Jangala men, rainmakers, sang the rain, unleashing a giant storm. It travelled across the country, with the lighting striking the land. This storm met up with another storm from Wapuryali, to the west, was picked up by a ‘kirrkarlan’ (brown falcon [Falco berigora]) and carried further west until it dropped the storm at Purlungyanu, where it created a giant soakage.
At Puyurru the bird dug up a giant snake, ‘warnayarra’ (the ‘rainbow serpent’) and the snake carried water to create the large lake, Jillyiumpa, close to an outstation in this country. This story belongs to Jangala men and Nangala women. In contemporary Warlpiri paintings traditional inconography is used to represent the Jukurrpa, associated sites and other elements. In many paintings of the Jukurrpa curved and straight lines represent the ‘ngawarra’ (flood waters) running through the landscape. Motifs frequently used to depict this story include small circles representing ‘mulju’ )water soakages) and short bars depicting ‘mangkurdu’ (cumulus and stratocumulus clouds).
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