Lot 8

The Artists
Warakurna Artists, Western Australia, cat. no.'s 240-09.1-8 (accompanied by the eight copies of the certificates of authenticity)
The Le Pley Collection, Western Australia, acquired from the above in 2009

© Warakurna Artists/Copyright Agency, 2024

"This collaborative work by Tjapartji Bates (senior artist), Daisy Helen Tjupantarri Ward, Anna Porter, Martha Ward, Dorcas Tinnimay Bennett, Eunice Yunurupa Porter, Christine Marlungu West and Rachel Yukultja Jennings, depicts an important Ngaanyatjarra women's story, Kungkarangkalpa (Seven Sisters Dreaming). Seven Sisters were travelling from Warnan to Warakurna. A wati (man) spied on them whilst they were digging deep water holes for drinking water. He wanted to make the youngest one his wife but the sisters ran away and hid from him. They then crossed the country passing through sand hills and dug for water as there was none in the creeks. Eventually they reached Dockers Rover where they were safe from the man."
As stated on the Warakurna Artists certificate of authenticity