John Williams “The Brolga Dance” original acrylic on canvas 51cm×40.5cm

Description

Mornington Island Art

Artist John Williams  

Born: 1958 

Language: Lardil 

Origin: Birri, Mornington Island 

Code 14-24 

Title: Brolga Dance 

Created: 2024 

Dimensions: 51 x 40.5 cm 

Mediums: Acrylic on Canvas 

“Budal is our word for Corroboree and one of our popular dances is called the Brolga Dance. The dancers are painted up in their  clan totem. Songman sits in front of the dancers and begins to sing, the dancers begin to move towards song man and point their  arms and hands towards the ground as if they were the Brolga feeding and then they point their hands towards the audience and  song man at the finish.”