Dreamtime Sisters
by Colleen Wallace Nungarryi
45 x 45 cm
Medium Acrylic on Canvas
Loose Canvas
Colleen’s Dreamtime Sisters are spiritual ladies; ancestral begins who dance awelye-women’s ceremony. They dance the story for their country Annamurra, which lies north east of Alice Springs in the beautiful Harts Rane. As the day ends and the evening stars appear in the darkening sky, the sister’s dance, they dance all night until the dawen breaks.
This story is associated with Arlatyey- the pencil yam and its kame-seed. There are two different species but the same seed if found in both. The story line for Arlatyey starts in Alhalkere country in the Utopia region and runs south to Annamurra country. The plant in Ahalkere country produces a long thin tuber while the plain in Annamurra country produces a short thick tuber. Growing prolifically any time of the year after these juicy, starchy storage organs are an important source of food.
The pencil yam- arlatyey often features in Aboriginal mythology.
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Colleen Wallace Nungarrayi
Language Group Eastern Arrente
Born Around 1970 Santa Teresa, NT
Colleen Wallace Nungarrayi was born on Santa Teresa Mission in the 1970s where she was raised with traditional education and ideals. Colleen tells the story of the Dreamtime Sisters. The sisters are three Eastern Arrernte spirits that are said to be the first people on earth during the creation time.
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