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Nyarapayi Giles Warmurrungu 2008
Acrylic on canvas 910 x 1370mm $5620
Nyarapayi’s paintings depict a site called ‘Warmarungu’ near Karku, her birthplace. This is where the ochres are collected
for ceremonial use. In the dreaming times many emus went down into the the rockholes and some took the form of trees.
The ochre is excated in a special way using a stick, and Nyarapayi paints the emu spirits which are released during this
ceremony to again take physical form. Her paintings show the travels of the emus in the dreaming times and the rockholes
they stopped at.