Click to enlargePaddy Wainburranga Fordham
c.1932–1938 – 2006
- Region
- Arnhem Land
- Community
- Jarruluk
- Language group
- Rembarrnga
In the Beginning of Time (original framed)
natural earth pigments on paper
175 x 121 cm (framed)
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- Artwork story
- At the dawn of Aboriginal culture all Arnhem Land people were divided in to two groups, Dhua and Yirritja. The two serpents represent these moieties and the obligations each must embody. later they were divided in to eight male and eight female skin groups.