Good Together: Tjungu Palya 2016
Past exhibition
Watarru Collaborative
Minyma Kutjara
acrylic on linen
200 x 150 cm
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Nyangatja Minyma Kutjara Tjukurpa Ilpililanguru (this is the creation story for Ilpili about the Two Sister creation beings). The women were hiding and one man Wati Kawalpa (Preying Mantis Man)...
Nyangatja Minyma Kutjara Tjukurpa Ilpililanguru (this is the creation story for Ilpili about the Two Sister creation beings). The women were hiding and one man Wati Kawalpa (Preying Mantis Man) was searching for them. Minyma malyanpa paku kangkuru kanyini (The younger sister was very tired and her elder sister was taking care of her). The younger sister was pregnant. As they hid in a cave at the base of the hill the man climbed up high to look for them called out "Yaltji, minyma kutjara?"(where are you two women)? The women were painting sacred designs on themselves. They painted concentric circles on the younger sisters big tummy and straight lines on the elder sister's breasts. Then they had Inma (ceremony).
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