Liyagalawumirri Dua Narra ceremony - Ant and emu tracks
BOPANI: artist
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This is one of an unusual series of paintings relating to the Liyagalawumirri Dua Narra ceremony for old men only, which depict the habits of the various animals portrayed in the ceremony. This painting shows the sugar ant, with tracks of the emu in the background. In the outer panels are shown the sacred boomerangs of the ceremony Bopani is the younger brother of Djunmal.
Title
Liyagalawumirri Dua Narra ceremony - Ant and emu tracks
Artist/Maker and role
BOPANI: artist
Medium
ochres on eucalyptus bark
Measurements
19.6 x 35cm
Credit line
Purchased through the Western Australian Government, 1988
The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Accession number
1988/0523