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Details
- No.:RK1350
- Medium:Acrylic on Cotton
- Size:122 × 91 cm
- Year:2016
- Region:Papunya
- Art Centre:Papunya Tjupi Arts
- Status:
This painting depicts water dreaming at Kalipinypa. The painting tells the story of an important rain making ceremony involving the rainmakers to invoke storms. Kalipinypa is a powerful storm that brings lightning, thunderclouds, and rain to rejuvenate the earth, filling rock holes, clay pans and creeks. It has the power to create new life and growth upon the land. If present, the circles represent kapi tjukitji (rock holes) and the meandering lines depict the water flowing throughout the country and between waterholes. Background dotting represents the rejuvenating effect the rain has on the land, bringing out the bush food plants and providing easy access to water.
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