Mangkaja Waters: Artwork on polycarbonate
Past exhibition
Nada ( Tjigilia) Rawlins Australian, Wangkajunga, b. 1936
Yimirri
acrylic on polycarbonate
60 x 120 cm
833884
'This jila ngapa (living spring) is right in the middle of a warla (lake). When we come from a long way Jilji (sandhill) side, we look at that jila Yimirri...
"This jila ngapa (living spring) is right in the middle of a warla (lake). When we come from a long way Jilji (sandhill) side, we look at that jila Yimirri and we can see that water rise up. That snake (ancestral spirit snake) been seen us walking, we sing out to that snake Oooiii we been come to visit you, don't get angry we from this country, send ngapa (water) this way".