Stock Room Show

2009 Telstra Art Award Selected Artists

Stock Room Show

2009 Telstra Art Award Selected Artists

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by LYDIA BALBAL of Bidyadanga Artists (Yulparija & Mangala). The title is Jawani Jawani. [25801] (Acrylic on Linen) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by LYDIA BALBAL of Bidyadanga Artists (Yulparija & Mangala). The title is Jawani Jawani. [25801] (Acrylic on Linen)
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LYDIA BALBAL

Jawani Jawani
25801
Acrylic on Linen
 Jawani Jawani | 25801
Acrylic on Linen
 167 x 111cm | 65.75 x 43.7in
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Lydia says: "This big hill with jila (living water). Jawani Jawani that snake he a cheeky one. He lives in that water. He makes rain this country.Can’t make fire there or that snake get angry."

This country is Mangala Country and is a women’s place. It is a twin place, one of two similar places located close to each other in the Great Sandy Desert in W.A.