Ants, goanna and snakes - Liyagalawumirri Dua Narra ceremony
BOPANI: artist
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The Liyagalawumirri Dua Narra ceremony is for old men only. This painting is part of a series that illustrates the various creatures and their habits which are danced and sung in the Dua Narra ceremony. This bark shows two of the little sugar ants, a goanna and a poisonous death adder, together with a wallaby.
Title
Ants, goanna and snakes - Liyagalawumirri Dua Narra ceremony
Artist/Maker and role
BOPANI: artist
Medium
ochres on eucalyptus bark
Measurements
22.8 x 46.3cm
Credit line
Purchased through the Western Australian Government, 1988
The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Accession number
1988/0525