Title: Possum Dreaming
ID: 0708742
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 43x150 cm
Artist: Paddy Stewart Japaljarri
The painting depicts Aboriginal Symbols, illustrating the ancestral possum track (E), the journey path created by the possums tail, as they travelled to and from the waterholes (concentric circles).
Other icons represented are: -
- man with fire-stick (centre)
- man with shield and hunting boomerangs (top and bottom)
To learn more about Aboriginal Dreamtime Stories or Aboriginal Symbols and their Meanings visit our art and culture section.
We recommended the book Warlukulangu Artists, Yuendumu Doors. Kuruwarri, copyright Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 1987.
Paddy Stewart Japaljarri is recognised as one of the artists referred to in the book.
Aboriginal Symbols Glossary:
(Click on a symbol icon to learn about the meaning)
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.
Description
The painting depicts Aboriginal Symbols, illustrating the ancestral possum track (E), the journey path created by the possums tail, as they travelled to and from the waterholes (concentric circles).
Other icons represented are: -
- man with fire-stick (centre)
- man with shield and hunting boomerangs (top and bottom)
To learn more about Aboriginal Dreamtime Stories or Aboriginal Symbols and their Meanings visit our art and culture section.
We recommended the book Warlukulangu Artists, Yuendumu Doors. Kuruwarri, copyright Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 1987.
Paddy Stewart Japaljarri is recognised as one of the artists referred to in the book.
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Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 43x150 cm
Artist: Paddy Stewart Japaljarri
The painting depicts Aboriginal Symbols, illustrating the ancestral possum track (E), the journey path created by the possums tail, as they travelled to and from the waterholes (concentric circles).
Other icons represented are: -
- man with fire-stick (centre)
- man with shield and hunting boomerangs (top and bottom)
To learn more about Aboriginal Dreamtime Stories or Aboriginal Symbols and their Meanings visit our art and culture section.
We recommended the book Warlukulangu Artists, Yuendumu Doors. Kuruwarri, copyright Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 1987.
Paddy Stewart Japaljarri is recognised as one of the artists referred to in the book.
Aboriginal Symbols Glossary:
(Click on a symbol icon to learn about the meaning)
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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