Moon Sisters Story

Date2006

Maker Leonie Pootchemunka Australian, born 1962

Label TextArtist Leonie Pootchemunka: "Two sisters of the Winchanam clan were going hunting for turtles etc. Next minute they came across a river (the Archer River), looking for lily roots. They thought they saw a big barramundi swimming but it was the moon who took the two ladies away from our people. At Ti-tree there is a hollow where the moon took the two women. When it is full moon you can see the women in the moon. This is a true story; everybody knows that."

Object number2007.81.9

Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann

Credit LineGift of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

DimensionsImage: 15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in. (40 x 60 cm) Sheet: 22 1/16 x 29 15/16 in. (56 x 76 cm)

MediumLinocut in two colors, printed from two blocks