69 AM 3968/06
Stella Gimme Nungurrayi Wantilli 2006
Acrylic on canvas 500 x 1000mm SOLD
This painting depicts some of Stella's husband's country. This country is located south west of Balgo in The
Great Sandy Desert, halfway along the Canning Stock Route. This country is known as Wantilli and is near
Lake Disappointment. Stella's husbands family moved from their country when he was a little boy to get away
from the cannibals. His family headed north and ended up at the Old Balgo Mission. The central circle in the
painting represents a rockhole and the surrounding yellow,orange and ochres represent the tali (sandhills).