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Category - FINE PRINTS FROM THE BLANASI COLLECTION
Prints from the Blanasi Collection: Contact us to purchase this item. John Blanasi On the top (kaddum) there is the freshwater crab (kambuk) and the short-neck turtle (ngad). On the bottom (kanjdji) is the freshwater crayfish (yad) and the long-neck turtle (komdawh). Round about the middle are two freshwater leaches (baladj). There are two filesnakes (jaigung) and at the top in a log is a black python snake, a different kind called (bolokko). On both sides of the turtles are their eggs. The water lilies with the long stems are ready to eat. Pull them out, cook on the ashes or eat them raw, or grind up the seed to make damper. The smaller plants are the lily roots/nuts (budbarrk), they are in the mud, eat them raw and crunchy or cooked, when they go yellow. Beside the crabs both top and bottom are rocks. The nail fish (baridjarr) swim upwards when the first rain comes and it burns their eyes. They swim upward with their whiskers sticking up looking for air. Painting is both Yirritja and Dhuwa to keep the balance of the system.
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