"Cory/Molly/Stumpy"

A Collection of Fine Mangkaja Indigenous Art

"Cory/Molly/Stumpy"

A Collection of Fine Mangkaja Indigenous Art

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Tapu Jila Waterhole. [498/08] (Atelier Acrylic Paint on 14oz Canvas) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Tapu Jila Waterhole. [498/08] (Atelier Acrylic Paint on 14oz Canvas)
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WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE (dec)

Tapu Jila Waterhole
498/08
Atelier Acrylic Paint on 14oz Canvas
 Tapu Jila Waterhole | 498/08
Atelier Acrylic Paint on 14oz Canva…
 120 x 120cm | 47.24 x 47.24in
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"In Tapu there are four jila (permanent waterholes). We can’t drink from three of them, only from one. The other three are places for men’s ceremony. This is an important waterhole for my people. I have not been there since I was a little girl. I remember being there with my brother. In the Ngarrangkarni (Dreamtime) people lived here, from a long time (ago). They are midgets, little people. They were all around that jila (living water, spring), a long time ago in the Dreamtime. They all met at this place, they look out for the people in the country, they look after the people there, the people from that country. One of those Dreamtime people, from a long time ago, found a white snake here at Tapu. He was a countryman, he was there for a long time. The water in this jila (water hole) rises up from the ground when you dig him up, he big one this jila. This is my country, big mob of turtujarti (desert walnut), we got plenty of miyi (bush tucker) here, jurnta (bush onion), kumpuparja (bush tomato)."

"In Tapu there are four jila (permanent waterholes). We can’t drink from three of them, only from one. The other three are places for men’s ceremony. This is an important waterhole for my people. I have not been there since I was a little girl. I remember being there with my brother. In the Ngarrangkarni (Dreamtime) people lived here, from a long time (ago). They are midgets, little people. They were all around that jila (living water, spring), a long time ago in the Dreamtime. They...