COMMUNIYT SPOTLIGHT : MOWANJUM & THE WANDJINA: NEW WORKS FROM THE STOCKROOM
Current viewing_room
Gordon Barunga Australian, Worrorra, b. 1961
Wandjinas (cloud and rain spirits), 2022
acrylic on canvas
60 x 80 cm
22-0188
Where you see a lot of Wandjinas they represent the laws of trees, rivers, rocks, bush fruit, animals and all of creation. The Wandjinas give the law on how we...
Where you see a lot of Wandjinas they represent the laws of trees, rivers, rocks, bush fruit, animals and all of creation. The Wandjinas give the law on how we have to treat and use these creations. These customs are carried on today. The Wandjina spirits are highly respected by the Worrora, Ngarinyin and Wunumbul people who live at Mowanjum and up the Gibb River Road to Kalumburru in the North West Kimberley region of Western Australia.