53 TT007
Tjumpo Tjapanangka Boy's Initiation - Wati Kutjarra 2003
Screenprint 800x540mm, 1000x700mm $750
Story: This print tells some of the story of the Wati Kutjarra, a prominent Dreaming in the Tanami and Great
Sandy Deserts. The Wati Kutjarra were two ancestral brothers who travelled large areas of the Western Desert
teaching ancestral people about food, fire and hunting. This print depicts the travels of the Wati Kutjarra to
Wilkinkarra (Lake McKay). The two oblong shapes represent the two brothers where they layed down to sleep and
the impressions left behind are seen in the country today. The central circle depicts the fire they lit which became
a rockhole. At either end of the painting, wilytja (windbreaks) made of spinifex are depicted which protect the
men during ceremony. This painting represents important men’s ceremony, the details of which cannot be
disclosed.
Medium: Screenprint
Edition Size: 99
Printer: Barak Zrlig
Studio: Editions Trembley NFP
Screenprint Created At: Balgo Hills WA, on June, 2002
Print Published: Bungendore, NSW on June, 2003
Paper: Magnani Pescia, 300gsm white
Paper Height: 1,000 mm ( 39.4" )
Paper Width: 700 mm ( 27.6" )
Image Height: 800 mm ( 31.5" )
Image Width: 540 mm ( 21.3" )