KEITH STEVENS / Piltati

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by KEITH STEVENS of Tjungu Palya Artists. The title is Piltati. [13315] (Acrylic on Linen)

Piltati
13315
Acrylic on Linen
Piltati | 13315
Acrylic on Linen
100 x 66cm | 39.37 x 25.98in

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This is the Wanampi Tjukurpa (water snake men dreaming) for Nyapari. This place is called Piltati. Piltati rockhole is just in the hills, really close to the community. The two men are water snakes. Piltati is the main waterhole and those wanampi (snake men) go in one rockhole and can come up in another one. Also here there is kuyi (harmless small snakes) that have ngura tjuta (many homes). The wanampi love to eat those kuyi. Minyma kutjara (two women) were digging for that big kunyia (carpet python) but it was only those wanampi (watersnake men) tricking. Those women speared the wanampi by accident and he got up and chased them and killed them.

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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by KEITH STEVENS of Tjungu Palya Artists. The title is Piltati. [13317] (Acrylic on Linen)

Piltati
13317
Acrylic on Linen
Piltati | 13317
Acrylic on Linen
100 x 66cm | 39.37 x 25.98in

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This is the Wanampi Tjukurpa (water snake men dreaming) for Nyapari. This place is called Piltati. Piltati rockhole is just in the hills, really close to the community. There are two men who are brothers, they are Wanampi (water snake) brothers. You can see them there in the middle. The men go hunting in this story and they also sing and dance at their camp. One man says "what about we go and see about the women". The other says OK Palya (good) and they put down their weapons (woomera, kulata and miru) and go.

There are little waterholes and big boulders and a liitle creek near Nyapari waterhole that you can see. There are also snails, many snails and their tracks. They move around when it rains.

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