No. Code B9 36.J 34
Artist: Dorathy Wamdit
Clan: Guyula
Moiety: Dhuwa
Homeland: Gallawinlm
Title: A STORY OF THE BEGINNING
Canvas / Acrylic / Traditional
Size: 1220 X 1220
This painting is in two parts.
The top being from the Yirritja Moiety, the bottom the Dhuwa Moiety from the mythology of the Djan'Kawa Sisters. Creative ancestors of the Dhuwa Moiety who gave birth to the first generation of human beings. The bottom half of the painting represents part of the beginning where the two great ancestral sisters in their travel named all the sea creatures. The green turtle, rock cod, all types of fish and many more sea creatures.
The top half being from her mother's dreaming, the Barramundi, the python, and ibis, always found around rivers and inlets from the sea.