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GABRIELLA POSSUM NUNGURRAYI
TITLE: Seven Sisters
SIZE: 49cm X 149cm (19.3" X 58.7")
MEDIUM: Acrylic on canvas
YEAR PRODUCED: 2008
PROVENANCE: Purchased directly from the artist.
This painting depicts the ancient myth of the Milky Way and the Seven Sisters (Pleiades). This dreaming was inherited by Gabriella from her mother and grandmother and given to Gabriella. This story takes place at “twenty mile” located near Napperby Creek in the Northern Territory. The Seven Sisters traveled over a vast expanse of country, until they realized that they were being followed by a man called Wati-Nyiru (who was a Tjakamarra man). He was a evil person who wanted to seduce the sisters and have ownership of them, and so the women were frightened of him. They tried to hide from the man in caves, however he began disguising himself as many different things to deceive them. With little hope of relief from the man, the seven sisters escaped through a fire at Kurlunyalimpa to the Milky Way where they became the stars of the Plaeiadies in the Constellation Taurus. There they are safe, and at rest and watch out over all the women on earth. Wati-Nyiru followed them to the heavens, and become the star Orion, unable to get near them as they move across the night sky. Gabriella depicts the cloud formations in front of the Milky Way in the night sky. The seven concentric circles represent the seven sisters while the lone star represents Orion (the Tjakamarra man) which can be seen on the extreme left of this painting shown with concentric circles.
This painting will be issued with a certificate of Authenticity and photos of the artist with her work. The painting will be posted via private courier in a safe postal tube.
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