Title: Goanna with Eggs
ID: 09081769
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 147x144 cm
Artist: Priscilla Escobar Nagamarra
This artwork depicts Goanna with eggs nesting on red desert sands, as a snake tries to come into the nesting area preying on eggs. In central Australia, the Goanna and Snake are totemic spirits and Aboriginal artists who paint Goanna or Snake Dreaming do so, to honour their ancestral spirit.
Goanna, their eggs and lizards represent a substantial part of Aboriginal people's food source. The goannas are tracked down and dug from burrows using a digging stick.
If you would like to know more about Snake and Goanna and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles:
Aboriginal Symbols Glossary:
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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.
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Printed on the Certificate of Provenance is a copyright acknowledgement that reads as follows:
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Description
This artwork depicts Goanna with eggs nesting on red desert sands, as a snake tries to come into the nesting area preying on eggs. In central Australia, the Goanna and Snake are totemic spirits and Aboriginal artists who paint Goanna or Snake Dreaming do so, to honour their ancestral spirit.
Goanna, their eggs and lizards represent a substantial part of Aboriginal people's food source. The goannas are tracked down and dug from burrows using a digging stick.
If you would like to know more about Snake and Goanna and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles:
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Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 147x144 cm
Artist: Priscilla Escobar Nagamarra
This artwork depicts Goanna with eggs nesting on red desert sands, as a snake tries to come into the nesting area preying on eggs. In central Australia, the Goanna and Snake are totemic spirits and Aboriginal artists who paint Goanna or Snake Dreaming do so, to honour their ancestral spirit.
Goanna, their eggs and lizards represent a substantial part of Aboriginal people's food source. The goannas are tracked down and dug from burrows using a digging stick.
If you would like to know more about Snake and Goanna and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles:
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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