WAWIRIYA BURTON - NGAYUKU MANAKU NGURA - MY FATHER'S COUNTRY

 WAWIRIYA BURTON
NGAYUKU MANAKU NGURA - MY FATHER'S COUNTRY,  2013
152.5 x 199 cm frame: 155.5 x 202 cm
synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen
 
PROVENANCE
APY (Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara) Lands
Tjala Arts, SAPat Corrigan Collection, NSWAccompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tjala Arts, SA 
 
STORY
Waririya is telling the sotry of her father's country near Piplatjatjara, west of Amata. It depicts minyma mingkiri tjuta meaning many small female desert mice. The mingkiri are pregnant and give birth to many babies. They then journey to the surrounding rockholes in search of food and water to feed their young. The dotted lines are mingkiri tracks. This work depicts a Womenā€™s site near an important rockhole, near Tjukurla. The soft roundels represent the rockholes as well as a ceremonial site. The lines represent sandhills.
 
EXHIBITED
The Corrigan Collection, SBS Studio's, 2012 - 2021