- Title: Pukara
- Artist: Iyawi Wikilyiri
- Region: Central Australia
- Art Centre: Tjungu Palya
- Medium: Silkscreen
- Collection:
- Dimensions: 84 x 59 cm
- Edition Size:
- Price ($AUD): $ 650.00
Artwork Story
This is Pukara, a rock hole close to Irrunytju in Western Australia. There are two wanampi living here (water serpents). They are father and son. The two snake men saw that the Anangu women were collecting bush foods. That evening the son snuck back to the camp and stole all the food the women had collected. They saw him and speared him in the side. Tjukurpa mulapa. This is a true story. The two snakes still live at this place. The son ate some Anangu (Aboriginal people) because he was angry with them. This is a dangerous place.
Tjungu Palya artists have collaborated with Basil Hall, a master printmaker who has, for over 15 years specialised in working with Indigenous artists to produce limited editions of etchings, relief prints and silkscreens on paper. © Tjungu Palya Art Centre 2009