Honouring Nellie Stewart: Recent work from Mrs Stewart
Past exhibition
Nellie Stewart Australian, Pitjantjatjara, 1930-2011
Minyma Kutjara
acrylic on canvas
196 x 130 cm
788520
This is the story for the two sisters- Minyma Kutjara. They were separated when the younger sister was a small baby by a big wind that blew her to the...
This is the story for the two sisters- Minyma Kutjara. They were separated when the younger sister was a small baby by a big wind that blew her to the south near the ocean. The elder sister found her sister when she was a young adult and took her back to her own country and people. In this painting the rockhole the sisters were travelling to is Punuwara. The two sisters are at Punti. Kangkuru nintirianyi malanypa inmaku. (The elder sister is teaching the younger sister ceremonial law. They are singing and dancing together.) Then then travelled to Docker River in the Northern Territory.