Details of Ngapa, 2010
Ngapa, 2010 by Jarred Jangala Robertson
Details
Catalog Number : 26973Size : 121.2cm x 70cm
Medium : acrylic on canvas
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About Ngapa, 2010
The site depicted in this painting is Puyurru, west of Yuendumu. In the usually dry creek bed are water soakages or naturally occuring wells.Two Jangala men, rainmakers, sang the rain, unleashing a giant storm. It travelled across the country, lightening striking the land. This storm met up with another storm from Wapurtali, to the west. It was picked up by a bird (Kilkilanji, a whistlng kite) and carried further west until the load became too heavy for it to bear and it dropped the storm at Purlungyanu, where it created a giant soakage. At Puyurru the bird dug up a giant snake, Wanayarra, who carried the water that created a giant lake, Jillyiumpa.