Ngapa (Water) Dreaming, 1995, Polly Watson Napangardi (b. 1930) Seals it gives the wearer pleasant

it gives the wearer pleasant dreams and keeps them immune from infection and contagious diseases

each decorated with a repousse head of a chief wearing earspools and a large crescent-form headdress

Provenance:  Private NYC collection acquired from Ariadne Gallery

which create shimmering surfaces reminiscent of pointalist painters

he believed it to be "proof of the celebrated locust worship by pagan Philistine and Canaanite priests

Ngapa (Water) Dreaming, 1995, Polly Watson Napangardi (b. 1930) Seals it gives the wearer pleasantNgapa (Water) Dreaming Region: Yuendumu, Central Desert, Australia Language Group: Warlpiri Artist: Date: 1995 This beautiful painting depicts the site of Puyurru, to the west of Yuendumu in central Australia. Puyurru is usually dry creek beds which are water soakages or natural occurring wells. The Dreaming talks of two Jangala men who were rain makers, who sang to attract the rain and, in so doing, unleashed a giant storm. The storm travelled across