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Seven sisters and Tjala Tjukurpa (Honey Ant Dreaming) 2012

Artwork Seven sisters and Tjala Tjukurpa (Honey Ant Dreaming) this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint on linen, created in 2012-01-01
Accession No.
2012.274
Date Created
2012
Department
Indigenous Australian Art
Dimensions A
196 x 196.5cm
Media Category
Painting
Secondary Media Category
synthetic polymer paint
Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen
Credit Line
Purchased 2012 with funds from Margaret Mittelheuser AM and Cathryn Mittelheuser AM through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation

Paniny Mick and her daughters have collaborated here for the first time to depict two important stories. Tjala Tjukurpa tells of the ancestral honey ant whose tracks wind through the valley where Amata lies. The Seven Sisters Dreaming concerns the constellations Pleiades and Orion – the sisters are Pleiades and Orion is Nyiru, a man who lusts after the sisters and is forever chasing them.

The Seven Sisters Dreaming is embedded in the Amata landscape – in the rocks and trees and in images painted on cave walls.

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