Artiste : Marita Baker

Titre de l'œuvre : Malilu Tjukurpa

Format : 90 x 90 cm

Provenance et certificat : centre d'art aborigène de Tjungu Palya

Référence de cette peinture aborigène : 23-070

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Explications pour cette œuvre :

Marita Baker (1968) is a senior artist and director of the Tjungu Palya art centre.
She is the daughter of the artist Jimmy Baker, who is survived by his three children, Anton, Kay and Marita, all of whom are also artists in their own right and paint for Tjungu Palya.

This artwork refers to the country for Malilu. She is a creation being from the Tjukurpa (Dreamtime). Minyma Malilu nyinanyi wana ngka munu piti (the woman Malilu is siting with her digging stick and collecting bowl). She has been dancing, performing Inma important ceremonial dancing for this country and she has left her dancing tracks behind in the sand. Malilu was a crippled woman and her two daughters had run off to get married, leaving her to fend for herself. It was very hard for her to collect bush foods and water because she had to drag her leg as she walked. Through much effort she collected

kampurarpa, wiriny-wirinypa, tawalpa munu mai kutjupa-kutjupa ( desert rasins, bush tomatoes, berries and many different kinds of wild foods). Malilu dug out a cave in the earth, Katatjitj. It has asmall opening, but is a huge underground cave. She would hide her surplus food there for when she was hungry or too tired to go out hunting. She would make inma (ceremony) in the cave. This is my country close to Kanpi community.

You can find artworks by the artist in the following prestigious collections :
Collective artwork - Art Gallery of South Australia
Private collections

© Photo : Aboriginal Signature Estrangin gallery with the courtesy of the artists and Tjungu Palya.