Papa Ipi Tjurrkapa (Dog Dreaming): Ginger Wikilyiri and Keith Stevens
Past exhibition
Keith Stevens and Ginger Wikilyiri
Piltati/ Ilpin/ Wati Ngantaka 2014
acrylic on linen
200 x 200 cm
826481
We paint together on this one (Keith Stevens and Ginger Wikilyiri). Tjukurpa Tjuta (many dreaming) in this canvas. Piltati dreaming (Keith Stevens), IIpin and Wati Ngintaka dreaming (Ginger Wikilyiri). The...
We paint together on this one (Keith Stevens and Ginger Wikilyiri). Tjukurpa Tjuta (many dreaming) in this canvas. Piltati dreaming (Keith Stevens), IIpin and Wati Ngintaka dreaming (Ginger Wikilyiri). The Piltai dreaming is about the Wanampi Tjukurpa (water snake men dreaming) for Nyapari. This place is called Piltati. Piltati rockhole is just in the hills, really close to the community. The two men are water snakes. Piltati is the main waterhole and those wanampi (snake men) go in one rockhole and can come up in another one. Also here there is kuyi (harmless small snakes) that have ngura tjuta (many homes) The wanampi love to eat those kuyi. Minyma kutjara (two women) were digging for that big kunyia (carpet python) but it was only those wanampi (watersnake men) tricking. Those women speared the wanampi by accident and he got up and chased them and killed them. IIpin dreaming - Ngura nyangatja Ilpin (this is country called Ilpin). It is next to Kunamata, which is my place. There are many stories from here, it is a big and imortant place. The country is special, many tali (sandy country), apu (rocks/boulders), and puli (hills). Papa (dingo) is there. Wati Ngintaka Tjukurpa (this is the creation story for the perente lizard man). Wati Ngintaka dreaming - Wati Ngintaka travelled to Walatina in search of the tjiwa (grinding stone). He travelled past many rocky hills and creek lines and eventually found the people camping with the grinding stone. This was a magic stone and any seeds ground on this stone made the most beautiful food. The Ngintaka wanted the stone for himself and one day when the family went hunting he hid the stone in his tail. He travelled back a long way. At Arran, near the Western Australian border the family caught the Ngintaka Man and cut him open. They found the stone in his tail.
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