Anita Pumani Pitjantjatjara, b. 1982
Antara - Maku Dreaming, 2019
acrylic on linen
152 x 101 cm
59 7/8 x 39 3/4 in
59 7/8 x 39 3/4 in
MM4565
This painting is about Antara, a site close to Mimili Community that is very important to my family. Kungka Kutjara ananyi tjukula. A long time ago two women went to...
This
painting is about Antara, a site close to Mimili Community that is very
important to my family. Kungka
Kutjara ananyi tjukula. A long time ago two women went to apu katu, to the hill
around Antara. They were singing inma (song) and hitting the rock with a punu
(stick). Maku tjuta (a lot of witchetty grubs) came from the tree we call Maku
Ilykuwara (Witchetty Bush). When
we go out to Antara and sing inma, we collect maku tjuta and other bush tucker
the next day. My
auntie Milatjari Pumani taught me how to respect Maku Tjurkurpa for Mimili
Community. I also teach my daughters what Maku Tjurkurpa means. I am proud to
be custodian of that country. Mimili
is home to 300 Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara people who have been living
in the area for millennia in harmony with nature and acting as custodians of
the land and the Tjukurpa (creation stories). Mimili was formerly known as
Everard Park, which was a cattle station that was returned to Aboriginal
ownership through the 1981 AP Lands Act. Mimili Community was incorporated as
an Aboriginal Community in 1975.
painting is about Antara, a site close to Mimili Community that is very
important to my family. Kungka
Kutjara ananyi tjukula. A long time ago two women went to apu katu, to the hill
around Antara. They were singing inma (song) and hitting the rock with a punu
(stick). Maku tjuta (a lot of witchetty grubs) came from the tree we call Maku
Ilykuwara (Witchetty Bush). When
we go out to Antara and sing inma, we collect maku tjuta and other bush tucker
the next day. My
auntie Milatjari Pumani taught me how to respect Maku Tjurkurpa for Mimili
Community. I also teach my daughters what Maku Tjurkurpa means. I am proud to
be custodian of that country. Mimili
is home to 300 Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara people who have been living
in the area for millennia in harmony with nature and acting as custodians of
the land and the Tjukurpa (creation stories). Mimili was formerly known as
Everard Park, which was a cattle station that was returned to Aboriginal
ownership through the 1981 AP Lands Act. Mimili Community was incorporated as
an Aboriginal Community in 1975.
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