Nada ( Tjigilia) Rawlins Australian, Wangkajunga, b. 1936
Nada ( Tjigilia) Rawlins Australian, Wangkajunga, b. 1936
Yimirri
acrylic on canvas
90 x 90 cm
831174
This jila ngapa (living spring) is right in the middle of a warla (lake), when we come from a long way Jilji (sandhill) side, we look at that jila Yimirri...
This jila ngapa (living spring) is right in the middle of a warla (lake), when we come from a long way Jilji (sandhill) side, we look at that jila Yimirri and we can see that water rise up. That snake (ancestral spirit snake) been seen us walking, we sing out to that snake Oooiiii we been come to visit you, don’t get angry we from this country, send ngapa (water) this way".