Contemporary Photography - Jonathan Bock

Earth Spirit 

Ultrachrome print

Limited Edition of 30

image area 12 w x 18 h inches

$175.00 unframed / $250.00 framed

image area 8w x 10h inches

$75.00 unframed / $125.00 framed

 

This image was taken at the Nawurlandja rock shelter, one of hundreds of aboriginal rock art sites found in Kakadu National Park in Australia's Northwest Territory.  The painting represents an ancestral earth spirit reputed to kidnap and eat small children foolish enough to stray away from camp at night.  The painting is one of the most striking examples of aboriginal rock art in the area, and is a good example of the X-ray style of rock painting, which developed 5000 to 8000 years ago.

     

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