Artiste : Cyril Whyoulter (1985)

Titre de l'œuvre : Wantili (Well 25)

Format : 61 x 46 cm

Provenance et certificat : centre d'art aborigène de Martumili

Référence de cette peinture : 18-379

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Explications pour cette œuvre :

This painting shows the creation story of Wantili, a big claypan east of Parrngurr close to Kartarru (Well 24) on the Canning Stock Route. This is my Grandmother’s (Bugai Whyoulter) country, my country. Wantili is old Law Grounds from Dreaming days and very important to Martu people.

My grandmother always tells me about Wantili because she grew up around Wantili. It is close to her birthplace and is her ngurra (home country).

She was a young girl walking around at Wantili. Her family would travel between Wantili, Kaalpa, Juntujuntu, Raarki, and Wuranu wells along the Canning Stock Route. Big mob of people they been walking around there. She saw whitefellas there for the first time, Canning mob when they were traveling up and down the stock route with the bullock. ‘They were running away from those whitefellas, watching them from a distance.

© Photo Aboriginal Signatrure Estrangin Gallery, and text with the courtesy of the Artist and Martumili Arts