Tee'wiith yot-a! (Plenty of white cockatoos!)
2022
Medium
earth pigments and synthetic polymer paint on Milkwood (Alstonia actinophylla)
Measurements
251.5 × 154.0 × 93.6 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family, 2022
© Keith Wikmunea
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Keith Wikmunea is a Wik-Alkan man from his mother’s side and Wik-Mungkan from his father’s side. His totems are the white cockatoo, goanna, galah and frilled-neck lizard. Tee’wiith yot-a! means ‘Plenty of white cockatoos!’. As an artist, Wikmunea is passionate about passing on his creative and cultural knowledge to future generations. Wikmunea’s father’s Country is Kencherang, north of Aurukun. There is a large freshwater lagoon there. During the wet season, the saltwater comes up the creek during the high tides. There is one large creek that comes into the Country which splits out into his mother’s Country called ti-tree. When the freshwater breaks out in the wet season it joins with the creek at Kencherang and connects to the saltwater.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Aurukun, Queensland
Accession Number
2022.873
Department
First Nations Australia