May Mayiwalku (May Wokka) Chapman Australian, Manyjilyjarra , b. 1940
Untitled, 2021
acrylic on linen
182 x 121 cm
21-377
'This one Jutupa, long way [away]. Water coming this way, big one. He's got a snake! Big one! Come in water this way. We been walk around [here], Daddy, Mummy,...
"This one Jutupa, long way [away]. Water coming this way, big one. He's got a snake! Big one! Come in water this way. We been walk around [here], Daddy, Mummy, [my sisters] Nancy and Mulyatingki, me. That's my Country. Daddy belong, Mummy belong. Sandhills this way, [and] yukuri (green grass, vegetation), shade. Good Country. Yukuri colour. [We would] look around, go hunting Mummy and Daddy. Get him pussy cat, meow meow, come back [to the camp site]. Camel walk around [here]. Everwhere yukuri, sand hills, camel. [We would] drink him water and go.”
- May Wokka (Mayiwalku) Chapman
Jutupa is a yinta (permanent spring) located south of Punmu Aboriginal Community. The site falls within Mayiwalku's ngurra (home Country, camp), an area she traversed extensively as a young child with her family. As described by Mayiwalku, the area is dominated by tali (sand hills), though there is also abundant warta (vegetation) and shade in the surrounds. Jutupa is also known as the home of a specific jukurrpa (dreaming) snake.
- May Wokka (Mayiwalku) Chapman
Jutupa is a yinta (permanent spring) located south of Punmu Aboriginal Community. The site falls within Mayiwalku's ngurra (home Country, camp), an area she traversed extensively as a young child with her family. As described by Mayiwalku, the area is dominated by tali (sand hills), though there is also abundant warta (vegetation) and shade in the surrounds. Jutupa is also known as the home of a specific jukurrpa (dreaming) snake.