Mabel Juli Australian, Gija, b. c. 1933
The Moon, the Crocodile & the Turtle
natural ochres on canvas
100 x 100 cm
838245
GARNKINY DOO LALANGGARRANY DOO DARNDAL – The Moon, the Crocodile and the Turtle In this work Mabel Juli has brought together two very significant Ngarranggarni (Dreaming) stories from Darrajayin. As...
GARNKINY DOO LALANGGARRANY DOO DARNDAL – The Moon, the Crocodile and the Turtle
In this work Mabel Juli has brought together two very significant Ngarranggarni (Dreaming) stories from Darrajayin. As well as the physical proximity of parts of country in which these two stories take place, their central characters, namely Garnkiny the Moon and Lalanggarrany the Crocodile, are also both of Joowoorrooskin, making them Mabel’s classificatory brothers.
Like Garnkiny, the Lalanggarrany doo Darndal story strongly concerns the obliga
In this work Mabel Juli has brought together two very significant Ngarranggarni (Dreaming) stories from Darrajayin. As well as the physical proximity of parts of country in which these two stories take place, their central characters, namely Garnkiny the Moon and Lalanggarrany the Crocodile, are also both of Joowoorrooskin, making them Mabel’s classificatory brothers.
Like Garnkiny, the Lalanggarrany doo Darndal story strongly concerns the obliga
