Tjungu Palyaku Walka Nyuwana (New Works From Tjungu Palya)

A Collection of Fine Tjungu Palya Aboriginal Art - 2008

Tjungu Palyaku Walka Nyuwana (New Works From Tjungu Palya)

A Collection of Fine Tjungu Palya Aboriginal Art - 2008

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by DAVID MILLER of Tjungu Palya Artists. The title is Wankari. [08323] (Acrylic on Canvas) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by DAVID MILLER of Tjungu Palya Artists. The title is Wankari. [08323] (Acrylic on Canvas)
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DAVID MILLER

Wankari
08323
Acrylic on Canvas
 Wankari | 08323
Acrylic on Canvas
 118 x 100cm | 46.46 x 39.37in
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This is Minyma Tjuta Tjukurpa (the story of the many women) or seven sisters. Nyiiru, that wati (man) was following them all the way from near Cave Hill, past the lake near Curtin Springs, past the big puli (Ayres Rock).

They made it to near Docker River and there they found kapi (water) a place called Wankari. It is a deep creek, and they went in. Nyiiru was watching, not letting them come out. The women just went deeper and deeper and didn’t come out. They are still in that water today and Nyiiru is still waiting.

This is Minyma Tjuta Tjukurpa (the story of the many women) or seven sisters. Nyiiru, that wati (man) was following them all the way from near Cave Hill, past the lake near Curtin Springs, past the big puli (Ayres Rock). They made it to near Docker River and there they found kapi (water) a place called Wankari. It is a deep creek, and they went in. Nyiiru was watching, not letting them come out. The women just went deeper and deeper and didn’t come out. They are still in that water today and...