Parrtjartanya
2005
- Medium
- synthetic polymer paint on canvas
- Measurements
- 216.0 × 140.5 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Papulankutja, Western Australia
- Accession Number
- 2007.447
- Department
- First Nations Australia
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Michael Moon, 2007
© Reggie Jackson/Papulankutja Artists
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation - Gallery location
- Gallery 18
Level 3, NGV Australia - About this work
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This painting illustrates the Dreaming of two brothers, the elder being a quoll (mistakingly labeled native cats since colonisation) and the younger being a possum. They were scared to go hunting in the day, preferring to venture out at night. The Possum Boy was blind, but the Native Cat Man had good eyesight, allowing him to hunt well enough for them both. One night they misjudged the time and were still out at dawn. The Native Cat Man ran into a cave to hide and the Possum Boy duly followed him. They remain in the cave today.