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Details
- No.:RK1633
- Medium:Acrylic on Linen
- Size:138 × 197 cm
- Year:2013
- Region:Spinifex Country
- Art Centre:Spinifex Arts Project
- Status:
"Kapi Mulyanya, piti tjuta. Wanampi mama. Miilmiilpa.
This place is Mulyanya. There are many water holes. The father watersnake man is here. This is a dangerous and sacred place."
This painting shows a detail of the Wati Kutjara (Two Man) story from Pukara as it passes through Mulyanya. The Wanampi (magical water serpent), a father and his son, are travelling on
initiations across the lands. Here Roy depicts the father surrounded by waterholes created by serpent men.
Mulyanya is a powerful place which has a water source guarded by dangerous water snakes. It needs to be visited by Anangu with the authority and power to pacify the snakes through a smoking process.
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