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Rosalind Langford Initiation Ceremony 2002
Acrylic on canvas 610 x 460mm $950
This painting shows the initiation ceremony for William Buckley - an escaped convict who lived with the
Victorian aborigines for some twenty years. The ceremony involves dances by the Yorda Yorda people and
depicts the dancers imitating horses drawing a carriage. The dancers with their graceful movement are painted
along the lines of the artist's father's work.