Click to enlargec.1922 – 2013
- Region
- Kimberley
- Community
- Derby
- Language group
- Ngarinyin
Jalala & Wandjina Cave, 2007
synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen
205 x 150cm
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- Provenance
- Neil McLeod Fine Arts, Dandenong, Vic Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
- Artwork story
- There are several uses of the marking stones called Jalala, including the marking of boundaries between lands and their use as signal stones to mark a sacred site. “Marker stones divide our land from other people's land" Ngarinyin land is to the East, Bunuba land is south, and Unggumi land is to the west. The Jalala are markers from the dreamtime, “People have to stick to their boundaries. If you dont know the country you can follow the stones to the Wandjina”