Artiste : Margaret Donegan

Titre de l'œuvre : Wati Kutjara Wanampi

Format : 122 x 122 cm

Provenance et certificat : centre d'art aborigène de Ninuku

Référence de cette peinture : 25-172

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Explications pour cette œuvre :

Margaret is painting her father, the late Mr. Donegan's tjukurpa (Dreaming story) from an important site known as Pukara, south-west of Irrunytju (Wingellina community) in Western Australia. It is a story of Wati Kutjara Wanampi (two male water serpents) - a father and son - who are living at a waterhole. According to the story, Anangu tjuta (lots of people) went to that rockhole for the kapi (water), which is said to taste sweet. This upset the father and he told them to go back to their own country. Once the people left, the father and son travelled to Willuna, where they camped for weeks. They then return to Pukara. One day they were sleeping, but were awoken by a loud buzzing sound. The Minyma Punpunpa (the female flies) had been attracted to the honey grevillea plants found near the waterhole. It prompted the father and son to get up and go to collect the honey from the plants. It is there that the Wati Mututa (male black ants) appeared. They speared the son in his side. When the son started vomiting, he produced the seeds of all the different varieties of honey grevillea plants that are still found there today. They include kaliny-kalinypa, ultukunpa, piruwa and witjinti.

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