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Artist: Shane West
Title: Goanna
Language: Ngaanyatjarra
Medium: Acrylic on cotton canvas
Size: 1.23x0.6 m
Date: June 2018
Goannas and lizards represent a substantial part of Central Australian Aboriginal People's food source. The goannas are tracked down and dug from burrows using a digging stick.
Shane West represents this goanna not only as a source of food but also as a symbolic spiritual motif.
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