Gnamma Holes

Yondee Shane Hansen

In this painting, Yondee depicts water running into gnamma holes in the Lake Dumbleyung area 270 km south of Perth. The gnamma holes were created by lighting a fire on the slope of a large granite slab in order to crack the hard rock. A hollow would then be gouged out of the rock surface forming a hole. Gnamma holes, are especially important to Aboriginal people to store and capture and trap water during the summer months.