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Seven Sister's Dreaming
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GABRIELLA POSSUM NUNGURRAYI

This artwork tells the creation story of the sky and 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 by her father. This story takes place at ‘twenty mile’ located near Napperby Creek in the Northern Territory. The Seven Sisters travelled over a vast expanse of country, until they realised that they were being followed by a man called Wati-Nyiru (who was a Tjakamarra man). With little hope of relief, the seven sisters escaped through a fire at Kurlunyalimpa to the Milky Way where they became the stars of the Pleiades 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) reforming the constellation of Pleiades.
ID: KFA2530

Year: 2025

Dimensions: 1080 x 2030 mm

Medium: Synthetic Polymer Paints on Canvas

Stretching Status: Stretched

$7,450.00 AUD

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