Title
Rainbow Serpent Rock
Description
Appearing in Australia as early as 6000 bce, images of the Rainbow Serpent play a role in rituals and legends of the creation of human beings, the generation of rains, storms, and floods, and the reproductive power of nature and people.
Source
Stokstad, Marilyn
Art History, 4th ed., Upper Saddle River, N. J.: Pearson Education, 2010 (9780205800377)
Publisher
Department of Visual Studies
University at Buffalo
Contributor
Joe Easterly
Rights
Type
cave paintings
rock paintings
paintings (visual works)
Still Image
Identifier
VS4560462
vw-20100831-1
Date Created
2011-09-07
Date Modified
2011-09-07
Is Part Of
Visual Resources Collection
VS001
Spatial Coverage
Western Arnhem Land, Australia.
Audience
AHI101
UB Only
Collection
Tags
Citation
“Rainbow Serpent Rock,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed July 6, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/36272.