Artiste : Josina Nyarpingku Pumani (1984)

Titre de l'œuvre : Ngura Walytja, Antara

Format : 152 cm x 122 cm

Provenance et certificat : centre d'art aborigène de Mimili Maku

Référence de cette peinture aborigène : 238-21

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Explications pour cette peinture d'art Aborigène :

This painting is about Josina's home, family and culture. The country is Antara, a is a place not far from Mimili Community. Antara country belonged to Josina's grandmother, Milatjari. All women in Josina's family paint Antara. They hold its stories strong, particularly the Maku Tjukurpa, which is a significant songline for this area.

The women from Mimili would go to the waterhole north of Mimili. They would clean it out, then wait for the rain to come. When the waterhole was full with water they would tap on the waters surface and sing inma for Maku tjuta (enough Maku for everyone). The rock holes, hills and country are depicted in this painting.

Mimili Community is home to 300 Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara people who have been living in the area for millennia in harmony with nature and acting as custodians of the land and the Tjukurpa (creation stories). Mimili was formerly known as Everard Park, which was a cattle station that was returned to Aboriginal ownership through the 1981 APY Lands Act. Mimili Community was incorporated as an Aboriginal Community in 1975.