Artiste : Keith & Tjampawa Stevens

Titre de l'œuvre : Nyapari Collaborative - Tjukurpa

Format : 200 × 200 cm

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

Référence de cette peinture aborigène : 12188b

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Explications pour cette peinture Aborigène :

My father told me to look after this area. It is Nyapari area. This is my wife and I, painting together, we drawn it like a map. A long􀆟time ago, Anagnu ate Kuka Malu (Kangaroo Meat), Turkey, Rabbit, Ngintaka (Lizard), Figs and Bush Tomato tjuta. No flour or sugar. We were strong then. The men were strong for hunting. The women would get mai from under the ground.

You can see them travelling everywhere searching for the food and hiting the ground with a stone and digging down to get the tjamata (bush onions). There is a fire close by where they put the mai and then a wiera (bowl) where they put the mai after it has been in the fire. They take it back to the familly. You can see the creeks everywhere, and Nyapari rockhole and Iwarawra rockhole and Pilta􀆟 rockhole.

Sometimes when you hit the ground near a special tree and water comes up, you collect it and then squeeze it into the rockhole. It is a special substance so that when the emu drinks from the rockhole the water kills him for us and we can give it to all the family around.

The water is very good in Nyapari area. When it ran out we'd go to Pilta􀆟. The spirals are Kinara tjuta (many snails) that Wanumpi eats. You can find those Kinara everywhere, Western Australia, Northern Territory, everywhere.

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