Deutscher and Hackett

This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Minymaku Arts, South Australia (catalogue number 657-05) which reads in part, ‘This story is about Wanampi -water snakes. It tells the Creation Story related to the country around Piltati and is about two women/wives who are sisters, and two men/husbands, which are brothers... two women went out hunting... two husbands are sitting back at camp waiting... women never bring any food to share... eat it in the bush... men were getting hungry... turned into watersnakes... then turned women into water snakes so they couldn’t escape…’