Artist: Pantjiti McKenzie
Born: 1940
Residence: Alice Springs
Language: Pitjantjatjara
Dreaming: Fire/Carpet Snake
Title: Waru
Code: TAPM06C465
Date: 20/09/2006
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Size: 60 × 55 cm
Certificate signed: 20 March 2009
This painting is about how fires were lit to help Aboriginal people with the hunting for food. Small ground animals were targeted and then killed.
One Phoenix Arts acknowledges the Larrakia people as the Traditional Owners of the land on which our gallery stands, and pays respect to Elders past and present. We acknowledge the artists and their communities across the Northern Territory, the Kimberley and the deserts, who hold the stories in these works.
