NGAYUKU NGURA - MY PLACE: NEW WORKS FROM KALKA & PIPALYATJARA
Past exhibition
Nyayati Stanley Young Australian, Pitjantjatjara, b. 1949
Patilpa Tjukurpa, 2022
acrylic on canvas
122 x 91 cm
22-86
This is the dreamtime story of Patilpa, (Port Lincoln ringneck parrot) that lives in the country around Pipalytjara. Wati Minu, (a man called Minu), came from the west to Pipalytjara,...
This is the dreamtime story of Patilpa, (Port Lincoln ringneck parrot) that lives in the country around Pipalytjara.
Wati Minu, (a man called Minu), came from the west to Pipalytjara, he was a rainmaker. He hunted all the waru (black footed wallaby),and he got lots.
The Patilpa people were hungry and went and stole all the fat Mala, leaving the skinny ones for Minu. Minu was angry at this and made clouds and thunder. All the Patilpa were hiding in a cave, but the rain washed them all away. They became Crysoprase, a bright green rock that you can find in the hills surrounding Pipalyati.
Wati Minu, (a man called Minu), came from the west to Pipalytjara, he was a rainmaker. He hunted all the waru (black footed wallaby),and he got lots.
The Patilpa people were hungry and went and stole all the fat Mala, leaving the skinny ones for Minu. Minu was angry at this and made clouds and thunder. All the Patilpa were hiding in a cave, but the rain washed them all away. They became Crysoprase, a bright green rock that you can find in the hills surrounding Pipalyati.