Mala (Wallaby), 2000

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

100 x 71cm

$2,200

Provenance: Warnayaka Art Centre, Lajamanu, NT Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
Exhibited: Re-Collected, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, May 2013
Artwork story: The marla are represented by to ‘V’ shapes, the shape of the tracks they leave in the sand. Concentric circles show the water holes the marla stopped at and the wavy lines depict the journey they made. The Wampana Wallaby Dreaming. The wallabies are carrying on their heads Yarripiri Snake Dreaming. They were joined at Miya Miya by other Dreamings where they held a Jardiwanpa, Fire Dreaming. The Wallabies home is at Pulatyerre. All the rock wallabies are sleeping. This dreaming belongs to the Japanangka, Napanangka. Japangardi,Napangardi skin groups. There is a big ceremony about this dreaming in which both men and women participate.

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b. c.1924

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

100 x 71cm

$2,200

Provenance: Warnayaka Art Centre, Lajamanu, NT Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
Exhibited: Re-Collected, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, May 2013
Artwork story: The marla are represented by to ‘V’ shapes, the shape of the tracks they leave in the sand. Concentric circles show the water holes the marla stopped at and the wavy lines depict the journey they made. The Wampana Wallaby Dreaming. The wallabies are carrying on their heads Yarripiri Snake Dreaming. They were joined at Miya Miya by other Dreamings where they held a Jardiwanpa, Fire Dreaming. The Wallabies home is at Pulatyerre. All the rock wallabies are sleeping. This dreaming belongs to the Japanangka, Napanangka. Japangardi,Napangardi skin groups. There is a big ceremony about this dreaming in which both men and women participate.