NORTHERN WATERS: ARTWORKS FROM MANINGRIDA, YIRRKALA & INJALAK
Past exhibition
Ivan Namirrkki Australian, Kuninjku, b. 1961
Rain Song, 2018
Earth pigments on Stringybark
133 x 39 cm
2509-18
Bininj (men) perform songs to initiate rainfall. The two men depicted in this painting are important Creator Ancestors who gave humans the moiety system, ceremony and Law.
Bininj (men) perform songs to initiate rainfall. The two men depicted in this painting are important Creator Ancestors who gave humans the moiety system, ceremony and Law.