The Painters of the Wagilag Sisters Story 1939-1997

Canberra, Australia., National Gallery of Australia., 1997. Large 4to. Paper wraps. 159 pp. A survey of the artists of Central Arnheim and Easter Arnhem Land.In fine condition. 174 pp. Illustrations. 101 plates. "The dramatic ancestral events involving Wititji, the Olive Python, and the two Sisters of the Wagilag clan form the basis of one of the major ceremonial cycles and painting traditions in Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory. The Wagilag Sisters Story tells of the creation of the world and the establishment of rules which govern behavior, of the encounter between human and animal ancestors, who in the process make sense of their world and its creative forces. Here, accompanying the narrative in paint by artists of Central and Eastern Arnhem Land, the story is also told by its traditional owners and scholars of Aboriginal art.