Lot 6

Tjala Arts, South Australia (accompanied by a certificate of authenticity)
Private collection, Adelaide

"Ginger is telling a husband and wife story of wati kutjara (two men) and minyma kutjara (two women). This story comes from Piltati, west of Amata. The men are brothers and the women are sisters.

The ladies every day go out hunting, no missing day. The men stay back at camp and get upset that the ladies go without them. The ladies dig holes everywhere digging for goanna and small things. The men get idea to trick the two ladies to keep them home. They turned into Wanmapi or water snakes and made a hole in the ground, in the big creek near Nyapri. The men went in and made a coloured pattern, moved away and hid so the ladies couldn't see them.

When they reach the creek, the ladies say 'what's this?'. They are surprised and start a fire. The smoke spread, everywhere smoke, into the water snake hole. The water snake men swallow their kuri (wires)."

As stated on the Tjala Artists certificate of authenticity.