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Cotton Tea Towel – Digital Print – 62.5cm x 42.5cm-JWO826
Julie is telling the story of two sisters travelling through her mother’s country towards Docker River, Northern Territory. They stopped at Ilkuwaratjara and cut a wana (digging sIck). The punu (wood) was really straight. The little sister was gettng homesick, but the big sister said; “No, I am taking you to meet your family.” Along the way they were digging for kuka (meat such as goanna) and Niny (Bilby). They got kuka and they were happy to have a good feed. The ‘U’ shapes are the sisters. Next to them are their wana or digging sick. The circles represent rock or water holes where water collects after the rains.
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SEVEN SISTERS
The Sisters created the landscape as they tried to escape from Wati Nyiru. They formed a rock hole that went underground and emerged on the other side of the hill. The women dived into the water and then flew up into the sky. Wati Nyiru followed them. Today, Wati Nyiru can be seen to the south of the Seven Sisters (the Pleiades), still chasing them across the sky.
Cotton Tea Towel - Digital Print - 62.5cm x 42.5cm-AAD998
This is the story of the seven sisters. The sisters fled from Wati Nyiru creating the country and landscape around Andreas home, Mala. They created the rockholes, sandhills and rocky outcrops as they tried to escape. The women flew up into the sky. Now, Wati Nyiru can be seen as Orion in the sky and the sisters are the Pleiades constellation.