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TIGER PALPATJA (dec)
Wati Wanampi10320 (2010)
Acrylic on Canvas
Wati Wanampi | 10320
Acrylic on Canvas
196 x 121cm | 77.17 x 47.64in
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This is a painting about the two men that became wanampis (serpents). Ngayulu Wanampi watkatjara (Tiger Palpatja always paints wanampi).
Piti tjuta (many holes) minyma kutjara tjawanu (that the two sisters have dug). All the round ones are the holes the sisters have dug chasing the wanampi. The wanampi leaves a mark in the sand. A mark which looks like a kuniya (edible python). Ngunti kuraningi (it was not an actual kuniya mark). Kangkuruku wana wakunu (the elder sister’s digging stick speared the wanampi by mistake). The wanampi rose in agony and swallowed the sister.
Tiger was born at this Dreaming site, where you find the water of Piltati.
This is a painting about the two men that became wanampis (serpents). Ngayulu Wanampi watkatjara (Tiger Palpatja always paints wanampi).
Piti tjuta (many holes) minyma kutjara tjawanu (that the two sisters have dug). All the round ones are the holes the sisters have dug chasing the wanampi. The wanampi leaves a mark in the sand. A mark which looks like a kuniya (edible python). Ngunti kuraningi (it was not an actual kuniya mark). Kangkuruku wana wakunu (the elder sister’s digging stick... Read More
Piti tjuta (many holes) minyma kutjara tjawanu (that the two sisters have dug). All the round ones are the holes the sisters have dug chasing the wanampi. The wanampi leaves a mark in the sand. A mark which looks like a kuniya (edible python). Ngunti kuraningi (it was not an actual kuniya mark). Kangkuruku wana wakunu (the elder sister’s digging stick... Read More