Barney Ellaga "Snake Egg Dreaming" Michelle Possum Nungurrayi She harvests it from this

She harvests it from this place because that area belongs to her clan the Marrakulu whose identity is depicted in this work

The country is called Minyerri

and textures of the natural world to inform his layered

National Gallery Of Victoria and has had three of his pieces acquired from the National Gallery of Australia for the National collection 85 x 80 x 40 cms

where light curls inward like a seed Here

Barney Ellaga "Snake Egg Dreaming" Michelle Possum Nungurrayi She harvests it from this270 x 126 cms Acrylic on Linen Canvas Born c. 1939, Barney Ellaga is a senior custodian, traditional owner and law man of the Alawa community, situated west of the Gulf of Carpentaria. The country is called Minyerri, Southern Arnhem Land. Barney's works have an indelible connection with the Dreamings related to his country, and for several sacred sites he is the guardian, having total control over the entry by non countrymen and maintaining the