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KATHLEEN PETYARRE
Mountain Devil Lizard DreamingGAKP1009560
Synthetic Polymer on Belgian Linen
Mountain Devil Lizard Dreaming | GAKP1009560
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The centre of this painting represents a sacred Women’s Dreaming site associated with the green pea (antweth). Depicted throughout the painting are seeds (ntang) of the pea, which are an important food for the "traditional healer" (ngangkar), and the Mountain Devil Lizard (Arnkerrth). The elongated X-shape represents two of the artist¹s Mountain Ancestors Dreaming paths.
The artist has depicted the ceremonial site where two of the artists’ ancestors’ songlines meet. Eastern Anmatjerre men and women conduct important initiation ceremonies here. Each group is forbidden from entering that of another. The centre of the painting is a site associated with the green pea (Antweth). Depicted throughout the painting are the sandhills in the surrounding country.
Kathleen, in common with all Aboriginal people here, believe that it was Arnkerrth, the small mountain devil Lizard, who created the desert as it is today by moving the sand, grain by grain since the time of the Dreaming.
The artist has depicted the ceremonial site where two of the artists’ ancestors’ songlines meet.... Read More