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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Gordon Barunga, Wanalirri & Ungud (cloud and rain spirit Ngarinyin & totem), 2023

Gordon Barunga Australian, Worrorra, b. 1961

Wanalirri & Ungud (cloud and rain spirit Ngarinyin & totem), 2023
acrylic on canvas
80 x 60 cm
23-0180
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Wanalirri is the main Wandjina for Ngarinyin people. His sites are up the Gibb River Road. Dumbi is a barn owl which resides in Ngarinyin country. A boy and a...
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Wanalirri is the main Wandjina for Ngarinyin people. His sites are up the Gibb River Road. Dumbi is a barn owl which resides in
Ngarinyin country. A boy and a girl teased Dumbi and plucked out his feathers. He then flew to the Wandjina Wodjin who said he
would create a large flood to punish the tribe from where the boy and girl came. At a place called Wanalirri, the Wandjina gathered a large flock of brolgas which stomped on a huge black soil plain to create quicksand. The flood came and drowned many people; those who tried to escape were lost in the quicksand. The boy and girl were safe because they were on high ground. They were taken there by a kangaroo, and they traveled on its tail. The Ungud snake is the one that made the rivers and holds water. If they are disturbed then they will kill whoever disturbs them.
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