GOODY BARRETT (born 1930) (Language group: Gija) Ngali-ngalim (Dreamtime Women) 1999 natural earth pigments and synthetic polymer pa...

GOODY BARRETT (born 1930) (Language group: Gija)
Ngali-ngalim (Dreamtime Women) 1999
natural earth pigments and synthetic polymer paint on linen
inscribed verso with Jirrawun Arts cat. no. GB999.22
120 x 120cm

PROVENANCE:
Jirrawun Arts, Western Australia
The Collection of William Mora Galleries, Melbourne

OTHER NOTES:
© Goody Barrett/Copyright Agency, 2024

This painting shows three women who tried to catch a barramundi by pushing a wall of spinife through the water in dreamtime. The barramundi got away and jumped right over the ranges north of the Argyle diamond mine leaving its scales there to become the diamonds. The women went down to a place called Gawinyn or Cattle Creek Rockhole on the Bow River and stood at the edge of the water.
They turned to stone and you can still see them standing there today.

Provenance: Jirrawun Arts, Western Australia
The Collection of William Mora Galleries, Melbourne Dimensions: 120 x 120cm Artist Name: GOODY BARRETT (born 1930) (Language group: Gija) Medium: natural earth pigments and synthetic polymer paint on linen Notes: © Goody Barrett/Copyright Agency, 2024

This painting shows three women who tried to catch a barramundi by pushing a wall of spinife through the water in dreamtime. The barramundi got away and jumped right over the ranges north of the Argyle diamond mine leaving its scales there to become the diamonds. The women went down to a place called Gawinyn or Cattle Creek Rockhole on the Bow River and stood at the edge of the water.
They turned to stone and you can still see them standing there today.