East of East Kimberley: Warmun to Asia

A Collection of Fine Warmun Aboriginal Art - 2008

East of East Kimberley: Warmun to Asia

A Collection of Fine Warmun Aboriginal Art - 2008

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by DAVID COX of Warmun Artists. The title is Sing Out Spring – Yiyili Country. [071/08] (Natural ochre and pigments on canvas) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by DAVID COX of Warmun Artists. The title is Sing Out Spring – Yiyili Country. [071/08] (Natural ochre and pigments on canvas)
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DAVID COX

Sing Out Spring – Yiyili Country
071/08
Natural ochre and pigments on canvas
 Sing Out Spring – Yiyili Count… | 071/08
Natural ochre and pigments on canva…
 140 x 100cm | 55.12 x 39.37in
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Sing Out Spring is in Yiyili Country, which is near Halls Creek in the Kimberley region.  This painting tells the story of three men who came upon this freshwater spring while walking through the country.  They were visitors to this country and had not been welcomed.  As they bent down to drink at the water’s edge, the water snake, Garbudee, that was living in the water smeltled them and gobbled them up.  This was a lesson not to take what didn’t belong to them.

When people are welcomed to country in Yiyili, water and stones are used.  The stone is dipped into the water and rubbed down the side of the person, just under one’s arm.  The rock is then thrown into the water so that the snake can smell it and accept the visitor.

Sing Out Spring is in Yiyili Country, which is near Halls Creek in the Kimberley region.  This painting tells the story of three men who came upon this freshwater spring while walking through the country.  They were visitors to this country and had not been welcomed.  As they bent down to drink at the water’s edge, the water snake, Garbudee, that was living in the water smeltled them and gobbled them up.  This was a lesson not to take what didn’t belong to them. When...