Two Snake Brothers
Acrylic on Linen
102 x 122 cm
Cat.No: 10083
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Kukika Adamson
/ Two Snake Brothers
/ Cat.No: 10083
Kukita Adamson was born in 1950; She belongs to the Amata Community in South Australia and her language is Pitjantjatjara
Kukida Adamson said
My name is Kukika Adamson, I was born in Pukatja Community and now live in Adelaide. I am the daughter of a great artist named Tiger Palpatja and I paint the Wanampi Tjukurpa, an important cultural story I inherited from my father. The first artworks I made at Ernabella Arts were floor rugs and weaving.
I started work at Ernabella Arts when I was a school kid, and worked there after school. Today at the APY Adelaide Studio I work beside Yaritji (Mutu Mutu) Heffernan and Wanatjura Lewis. We were schoolmates when we were little girls at Pukatja. It's over 50 years later and we are still working together in our art centre.
This painting tells the story of two Snake Brothers and their wives, who are sisters, that lived near Piltati, west of Amata in Central Australia. Every day the women went out hunting, and every evening they brought home meat for cooking for the men, who did not do anything but perform ceremonies. After a while the sisters became annoyed at the men’s laziness and decided to eat all the food they caught, leaving the men to fend for themselves.
The story continues and what Kukika tells is recorded extensively.