Ochre Dreaming: Stories from the East Kimberley

A Collection of Fine Warmun Aboriginal Art - 2009

Ochre Dreaming: Stories from the East Kimberley

A Collection of Fine Warmun Aboriginal Art - 2009

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by SHIRLEY PURDIE of Warmun Artists. The title is Duwarluwun - Mabel Downs Station. [WAC 225/02] (Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by SHIRLEY PURDIE of Warmun Artists. The title is Duwarluwun - Mabel Downs Station. [WAC 225/02] (Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas)
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SHIRLEY PURDIE

Duwarluwun - Mabel Downs Station
WAC 225/02
Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas
 Duwarluwun - Mabel Downs Stati… | WAC 225/02
Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canva…
 90 x 120cm | 35.43 x 47.24in
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This is Mabel Downs Country. This is Shirley Purdie’s father’s country. Many rocks lie around a large hill, pictured here on the left hand side of the painting. In the Ngarrangkarni (Dreaming) this hill and the large black rock were men who fought with each other over women. One man knocked the other down and turned into this hill. His rival became the black rock. The women turned into the smaller rocks scattered around the base of these hills.