This painting depicts designs associated with the
Two Snake Dreaming which travelled to the rockhole and soakage water
site of Karrilwarra, west of the Pollock Hills in Western Australia.
The snakes travelled west from a place just west of Yuendumu and passed
through Lake Mackay where they went underground. They resurfaced at
Karrilwarra where they formed the rockhole and later continued deep
into Western Australia. This mythology forms part of the Tingari Cycle.
PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd., Alice Springs,
painted at Kiwirrkura.
Catalogue Number KT0010169
Kanya was born in the vicinity of Jupiter Well area. He commenced painting
for Papunya Tula Artists in 1981.
REPRESENTED
Art Gallery of South Australia
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, Darwin.
Robert Holmes à Court Collection
Groninger Museum, The Netherlands
The Kelton Foundation Collection, Santa Monica, U.S.A.
