Status: Stock Mulyatingki Marney – Silk Satin Scarf Wilarra is the word for moon in Manyjiljarra, and also the name of the site depicted in this work. A cluster of saltwater pools known for their healing properties are found at the site, and Martu people still frequent them to bathe cuts Read more…
Status: Stock Wokka Taylor Satin Silk Tie This work depicts Kulyakartu, a significant site in the far north of the Martu homelands. During pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) times, Taylor and his family travelled to Kulyakartu in the wet season to take advantage of the vast grassy planes that made for excellent hunting. Read more…
Status: Stock Muuki Taylor – Satin Silk Tie “My Country, Kulyakartu. I grew up there, from little boy to big boy grew up there.” – Muuki Taylor In this exquisite landscape study, Muuki Taylor depicts the grass country around Kulyakartu, in the north of the Great Sandy Desert. There is very Read more…
Status: Stock Minyawe Miller – Satin Silk Tie The rhythmic linear dotting in this work represents the tali (sandhills) of Minyawe’s warran (Country), his ngurra (home Country, camp). Miller travelled vast stretches of Martu Country with his family during pujiman (traditional, bush dwelling) times. They traversed the expansive sandhill country between water sources, hunting Read more…
Status: Stock Nancy Nyanjilpayi Chapman – Silk Satin Scarf “You got to get that kalaru, grind it and make a damper. Get him up and wash him, wash him, wash him then grind him into flour for a damper.” – Nancy Nyanjilpayi Chapman In this work, Chapman depicts the edible native Read more…
Status: Stock Jakayu Biljabu – Silk Scarf In this work, Jakayu Biljabu transports the viewer into the desert Country traversed by seven sisters as they are chased by a lustful old man. The epic Minyipuru Jukurrpa (Seven Sisters Story) follows the travels of seven sisters as they are chased across the desert Read more…
Status: Stock Jakayu Biljabu – Silk Scarf The electrifying work Parnngurr Area relates to the landscape surrounding the Martu community of Parnngurr in the Eastern Pilbara. Significant sites Yalpu, Wangkakarlu, Parnkurrl and Kurran Kurran are depicted – water sources that were crucial to the survival of Biljabu and her family during pujiman. Biljabu’s Read more…
Puntawarri Country “This is Puntawarri country. That Nyiyaparli creek, Kupayiyura (Savory Creek), coming into putijarra country. Kupayiyura goes to kumpupirntily (Lake Disappointment). All the jurnu (soakwaters0 are along the side of the creek: how many… 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,191,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30! Big mob. Ngayurnangalku (cannibal beings) travelled through this country going to Kumpupirntily. They got Read more…
Untitled This is Mayiwalku’s Country- her ‘ngurra’ (home Country, camp). People identify with their ngurra in terms of specific rights and responsibilities, and the possession of intimate knowledge of the physical and cultural properties of one’s Country. Painting ngurra, and in so doing sharing the Jukurrpa (Dreaming) stories and physical characteristics of that place, has Read more…
Coongan Waters “This is that place where the water stops and has pools in the dry season. You can see that gold across there and the gemstones, all gemstones, these ones next to the gold, and this is the coongan marble, you know how it’s named marble bar? Thats the Read more…