Lot 32

The Artist
Tjungu Palya Arts, South Australia, cat. no. 10139 (accompanied by a copy of the certificate of authenticity)
Outstation Gallery, Northern Territory
The Le Pley Collection, Western Australia, acquired from above in 2010

"Wati Kutjara Tjukurpa (the creation story for the two serpent men). The two wanampi, father and his son travel from rockhole to rockhole in country around Wingellina. The father travelled away to another country and left his son behind at the rockhole Pukara. The people living there didn't like the son. They thought that the son was sneaking around their camps at night while they slept and stealing their food. They thought he looked strange and could not be trusted. When the son grew up he came back to Pukara and ate all the people there. Tjuratja tjuta (lots of sweet nectar) grows at Pukara. Kaliny-kalinypa (honey grevillea). The flowers can be sucked for the sweet honey like nectar or soaked in water to make a sweet drink." The Artist
As stated on the Tjungu Palya certificate of authenticity

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