9 AM 5552/08
Tilau Nangala Women's Ceremony 2007
Acrylic on Belgian linen 405 x 1220mm $2450
This story is related to the Water Creation or Dreaming. In this painting the circles represent sacred water or
rock hole sites. The background design symbolises the landscape after the rains and the earth has been
replenished with new growth. The rock holes collect the water during the rains. Knowledge of where to find
water was handed down from generation to generation to ensure survival in the desert. The U shapes are the
women sitting around the rock holes. The Ancestors were honoured by Aboriginal people in corroborees
performed at sacred sites where the spirit of the Ancestors had become part of the landscape, or turned into entities such as rocks or trees.