The Water Dreaming is a beautiful Indigenous-designed set of overalls for dolls which promotes cultural awareness for children to further their learning about Indigenous Australia. The overalls are perfect for little hands as they have been made without Velcro, zips or clips. They have stretchy elastic straps making dressing dolls easy.
The Water Dreaming print is an authentic Indigenous design by Lynette Nampijinpa Granites.
Story behind the artwork
An old man, ‘lungkarda’, of the Jampijinpa skin group, lived on a hill with his two Jangala sons. The old man would claim blindness and send his two boys out to hunt, while gone the old man would go and hunt and eat everything he found. One day his two sons hunted a Kangaroo after extensive tracking. Upon return they were told this Kangaroo was sacred to the ‘lungkarda’, this angered the old man terribly. The next time the boys went out the old man put his fire sticks to the ground, unleashing a relentless bush fire that chased them across the lands. Exhausted, the boys managed to outrun the flames, only to be consumed by the fire when it reappeared out of the blue-tongued lizard hole.
Authentic Indigenous artwork by Lynette Nampijinpa Granites
Handmade in Australia
Child-friendly designed without velcro, zips or clips
The overalls measure 38cm in length
Suggested to fit over a 34cm doll
Suitable for 3+ years
Specifications
Age
- Suitable for 3+yrs
