Wandjinas

Ignatia Djanghara: Three Wandjinas

Ignatia Djanghara created Wandjinas on both slate and bark.

Ignatia Djanghara-Wandjina on Slate

This Wandjina is reddish-brown ochre painted on to slate found   . The image is etched with  . It represents 

It was created at

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Ignatia Djanghara-Wandjina on Bark

Ignatia Djanghara-Wandjina on Slate

 

Waigan Djanghara-Wandjina on Slate

Lily (Mindindil) Karadada-Wandjina on Slate  3.25″ x 2.25″

Rosie Karadada-Wandjina on Slate

with Boomerangs and Arrows

Purchased from Aboriginal Traditional Arts, Perth (1980)

Created at Kalumburu

 

 

Seven Wandjinas were purchased in 1980 from Aboriginal Traditional Arts In Perth, Western Australia and were labeled as made in Kalumburu.

Five Wandjinas on Slate were purchased in 1983 from Aboriginal Traditional Arts In Perth, Western Australia. (Labeled with code APP.)

Two Wandjinas on Bark were purchased in 1983 from Aboriginal Traditional Arts In Perth, Western Australia. (Labeled with code HPP.)

Bark Painting with Wandjinas

https://books.google.com/books?id=8ieKBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT242&lpg=PT242&dq=slate+wandjina&source=bl&ots=efc9yBQib1&sig=jvIlpo-QLPY6eniw83q5P5xHVg4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjUqPKGpp3SAhVqxYMKHZYCAlEQ6AEIVzAP#v=onepage&q=slate%20wandjina&f=false

The Wandjina’s powers of creative regeneration | janetthomas

https://pauljohnstonegallery.com.au/~pauljoh6/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Lily-Karedada-2014.pdf

Kalumburu – Mitchell Plateau

About Australia: Readymix Logo

Wandjina Art from the Kimberley – Aboriginal Art Online

CRAWFORD, I.M.: The Art of the Wandjina (1968)

Rock Art Styles – Kimberley Foundation Australia

Preserving Kimberley Rock Art – Kimberley Foundation Australia

COOEE ART GALLERY exhibition

‎slwa.wa.gov.au/pdf/ephemera/pr10363.pdf

Manuella Purwan, Dr. Ian Crawford and Jack Karadda, examine bark paintings of Wandjinas, cloud spirits, from the Kimberley region at the Western Australian Museum, Perth, Western Australia, 8 March 1976 [picture]