AMY RAYARRIWARRTHARRBAYINGATHI MINGUNGURRA LOOGATHA - MY COUNTRY
AMY RAYARRIWARRTHARRBAYINGATHI MINGUNGURRA LOOGATHA
MY COUNTRY, 2020
90 x 90 cm
synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen
REGION
Dulkawalne - Bentinck Island
PROVENANCE
Mirndiyan Gununa, Mornington Island Arts, QldCooee Art Leven, NSWAccompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity from MIrndiyan Gununa, Mornington Island Art
STORY
"My Country is behind Ninyilki, this is where I was born on a saltpan under the -trees. You can see Sweers Island from here. My Father, King Alfred, was dragging grass across the sea with his other wives, to catch fish. He didn't know I was coming. It was my Aunty who ran to let my Father know. My Grandmother delivered me, she was the one that cut my cord with a special shell. They thought I would be a boy because I was so big in my Mother's tummy. My Father put me in a coolamon and carried me all the way toOak Tree Point, a beer place to camp. It was a long way to walk all that way carrying me."
ARTIST PROFILE
