Ngalmangiyi (Long-neck Turtle) – FRAMED

$375.00

  • 46cm x 55cm
  • Acrylic on Arches Paper - wooden frame
  • Catalog No: 591-24

Ngalmangiyi, known in English as either Long-neck Turtle or Snake-neck Turtle, is a freshwater turtle that lives in rivers, billabongs and wetlands in the Top End of Australia.

Daluk (Aboriginal Women) hunt for them on the floodplains by poking a long metal pole or crowbar into the ground. When they hear it thud against a shell they know there is Ngalmangiyi there and they can dig him up.

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