Goanna and Olive Python (AB3) Narpula Scobie Napurrula The water also is important

The water also is important for the supply of native bush food

Size: 121 x 122cm

charcoal on fabriano paper

This painting shows iconography relating to the travels of the ancestors and sites of significance for the artist and her family

A beautiful shield with fluting marks to front and rear

Goanna and Olive Python (AB3) Narpula Scobie Napurrula The water also is importantYear: 1993 Size: 90. 5 x 23cm natural earth ochre pigments on stringybark In this painting the artist has depicted two mature Galawan, indicating initiated men. The Olive Python (Manjudurrk) is painted between the two initiated man and alludes to other aspects of the ceremony. The rrark, or crosshatching on the figures is specific to the artist. During the ceremony participants adorn their bodies with designs of their ancestors who transformed from