Item - Nakarra Nakarra 2

ID UNSW PR 2005/0952 (100156)
Artist Kathleen PADDOON (c. 1937 - )
Title Nakarra Nakarra 2
Alternate Titles
Category Print
Medium Colour etching
Materials coloured inks on paper
Edition Number 19/25
Measurements (cms)  
  Height 24.50
  Width 24.50
  Depth 0.00
  Other Frame: 55.5 x 55 x 2.25 cms
Marks/Inscriptions  
  Location lower right
  Signed inscribed with X
Produced  
  When 2004
  Where Australia, WA, Balgo
Style Balgo
Subject Landmap
Credit Line Purchased 2005
Description/Remarks    Image of black and white dots on red ground depicts Nakarra Nakarra country south of Balgo in the Great Sandy Desert, one of the sites of the Seven Sisters Dreaming - a story about seven sisters who travelled the landscape running from an old man who wants to marry the youngest. At Nakarra Nakarra a group of hills embody the seven sisters. The circles in the image represent "tjurrnu" or soakwater. (Warlayirti Artists)
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