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Gapu (water)

The intricate rarrk technique is used by Aboriginal people in Northern Territory, particularly in Arnhem Land. Artists use the weight of the paint soaked in the fine brush to delicately produce his fine, straight lines.

Traditionally, differing crosshatched layering of lines and shapes can give identity and ownership to specific Yolngu groups. As well as the pattern containing deep cultural significance, the patterns can represent wind, water, brilliance, energy and power to ancestral designs.

In this instance, it is representing water.