Aboriginal Artwork by Napurru Shirona Dunn, Piltati Tjukurpa, 61x43cm

Napurru Shirona Dunn, Piltati Tjukurpa, 61x43cm

...The four then become Wanampi (water snakes) together at Piltati.

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This original artwork is sold on behalf of Iwiri Arts, a community-run art centre. It includes their Certificate of Authenticity.

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Aboriginal Artist - Napurru Shirona Dunn
Community - Ernabella
Aboriginal Art Centre - Iwiri Arts
Catalogue number - 26-2
Materials - Professional artist acrylic on heavy cotton canvas
Size(cm) - H61 W43 D2
Postage variants - Artwork posted un-stretched and rolled for safe shipping
Orientation - Painted from all sides and OK to hang as wished

Artwork

The Piltati Tjukurpa belongs to the ranges in far northern South Australia. It tells of two women with their piti munu wana (collecting bowls and digging sticks), who set out hunting and gradually draw further and further away from home. They dig burrow after burrow hoping to find small game. Their husbands follow them and transform into Wanampi, water snakes, to lie in wait for their wives in the water hole known as Piltati. When the woman approach they are startled by the Snake Men who leap up and swallow them whole. The four then become Wanampi together at Piltati.

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Aṉangu Art via Adelaide

This artwork comes from Iwiṟi Arts, an Aṉangu-led organisation in Adelaide established by Aṉangu who had moved from remote communities due to limited services and chronic health needs. The studio supports artists visiting or living in the city from the APY Lands, helping maintain strong cultural connection to Country, language and Tjukurpa while away from homelands.

— Image: Road to Pukatja (Ernabella), South Australia