CG Day 2 - The Art gallery
Oyster Moon
Paul Foskett & Rhu Nash
Thu 6 Dec 2012 07:44
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The Art gallery was 5.4 km from the visitors
centre. There are over 2000 engravings and stencilled and
free-hand drawings here. They stretch along a 62m sandstone wall.
These stencilled art drawings were done by the Bidjara and Karingbal
peoples.
Here are hands, more of the v-shaped boomerangs which were
thrown across the ground to break your opponents leg. The leaf shaped boomerangs
were used for hunting. The nets are supposed to indicate that this was once a
burial site. The pipe standing on it’s stem in the LHS is an axe. These
were used for chopping down trees etc. not for fighting – why get that close!
![m_210[1]](/ul/blog/mailasail.com/oystermoon@mailasail.com/311/jpgD7x2dZpj6L.jpg "m_210[1]") The large ovals are thought to be bark carrying
containers.
![m_221[1]](/ul/blog/mailasail.com/oystermoon@mailasail.com/311/jpgFcKDbpmnGS.jpg "m_221[1]") There are pair of hunting boomerangs in this art work.
If the first missed you had a second. Next to the hand print on the RHS
are emu tracks, probably made by spraying colour over the ends of
boomerangs.
![m_228[1]](/ul/blog/mailasail.com/oystermoon@mailasail.com/311/jpg2li47NSqaL.jpg "m_228[1]") These are engravings are of kangaroos hopping – you can just
make out two feet side by side – look near the top RHS.
![m_234[1]](/ul/blog/mailasail.com/oystermoon@mailasail.com/311/jpg4gnZVE6ZLX.jpg "m_234[1]") All the rings together near the bottom are supposed to be emu
eggs. You can also see a five toed human footprint in the middle of the
picture. The circles with what look like exclamation marks in them is ... wait
for it ... the human ulva. Mmmmm.
![m_239[1]](/ul/blog/mailasail.com/oystermoon@mailasail.com/311/jpgLxvL2vthDd.jpg "m_239[1]") The wiggly line near the bottom is a snake.
![m_245[1]](/ul/blog/mailasail.com/oystermoon@mailasail.com/311/jpgbWcoVVlI4_.jpg "m_245[1]") The letters down below, are just that.
![m_252[1]](/ul/blog/mailasail.com/oystermoon@mailasail.com/311/jpgsztwPXHjdF.jpg "m_252[1]") Yes and here’s us
![m_270[1]](/ul/blog/mailasail.com/oystermoon@mailasail.com/311/jpg3DBKlc20EK.jpg "m_270[1]") A rare sight..
![m_272[1]](/ul/blog/mailasail.com/oystermoon@mailasail.com/311/jpgTfdkHGcfyr.jpg "m_272[1]") |