Title: Perentie Hunting
ID: 09091805
Artist: Mervyn Franey Mpetyane
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 72x70 cm
This artwork depicts a Perentie hunting for food. The variations in dots and colour represents the sand hills and country. The Goanna is a totemic spirit and features in Aboriginal mythology. Aboriginal artists who paint their Goanna Dreaming do so to honour their ancestral spirit.
The Perentie is also a food source of many Aboriginal people in central Australia.
If you would like to know more about Perentie Hunting and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles:
- Aboriginal Food
- Aboriginal Dreamtime Stories
- Goanna Dreaming
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Printed on the Certificate of Provenance is a copyright acknowledgement that reads as follows:
This work is copyright. The copyright is owned by the Artist and his/her people. This painting may not be reproduced in part, in whole, or in any other form without the permission of the Artist or his/her inheritors clearly in writing, with all knowledge prior to final proof to the family concerned – then only when clearance has been approved.
Description
This artwork depicts a Perentie hunting for food. The variations in dots and colour represents the sand hills and country. The Goanna is a totemic spirit and features in Aboriginal mythology. Aboriginal artists who paint their Goanna Dreaming do so to honour their ancestral spirit.
The Perentie is also a food source of many Aboriginal people in central Australia.
If you would like to know more about Perentie Hunting and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles:
- Aboriginal Food
- Aboriginal Dreamtime Stories
- Goanna Dreaming
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Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 72x70 cm
This artwork depicts a Perentie hunting for food. The variations in dots and colour represents the sand hills and country. The Goanna is a totemic spirit and features in Aboriginal mythology. Aboriginal artists who paint their Goanna Dreaming do so to honour their ancestral spirit.
The Perentie is also a food source of many Aboriginal people in central Australia.
If you would like to know more about Perentie Hunting and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles:
- Aboriginal Food
- Aboriginal Dreamtime Stories
- Goanna Dreaming
An Australian Aboriginal artwork should always be issued with a Certificate of Provenance, also known as a Certificate of Authenticity. This document contains vital information on the artist, as well as details about the artwork itself. When selling on an artwork, please ensure that this document is passed on. Authenticity of Provenance means that the origin or authorship of a work of art has been correctly identified.
Central Art follows a well defined provenance and authenticity process to ensure that we are an exemplar in our business practice . Careful and detailed documentation follows – each work is given a catalogue number, inscribed on the back of the artwork with the Central Art stamped logo, the artist's signature and the title of the work.
Printed on the Certificate of Provenance is a copyright acknowledgement that reads as follows:
This work is copyright. The copyright is owned by the Artist and his/her people. This painting may not be reproduced in part, in whole, or in any other form without the permission of the Artist or his/her inheritors clearly in writing, with all knowledge prior to final proof to the family concerned – then only when clearance has been approved.
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