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Mountain devil lizard Dreaming (after hailstorm)

Kathleen Petyarr
Mountain devil lizard Dreaming (after hailstorm)
 1997

Medium
synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Measurements
152.6 × 153.0 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Gallerie Australis, Member 1997
© The Artist/Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Limited

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Adelaide, South Australia

Inscription
inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.c.: KATHLEEN PETYARRE

Accession Number
1997.147

Department
First Nations Australia

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation

Physical description
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. The elongated X-shape represents two of artist's Ancestors' Dreaming paths. The painting portrays the area scattered with seeds and the sand hills created by the swirling sandstorm as it moved across the country. The white ground indicates the hailstorm which preceded the sandstorm.

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