"Wati Kutjara (Two Men)"

Size: 40 x 50cm

Artist: Lorraine Davies

Code: 25-92

Story: 

In Australian Aboriginal mythology, the Wati-kutjara (also Wati-kutjarra or Wadi Gudjara) are two young lizard-men (totem: goanna) who, in the Dreaming, travelled all over the Western Desert. In English, their songline is
often called the Two Men Dreaming. The Wati-kutjara are ubiquitous in the mythology of the Western
Desert; indeed, their journey extends for thousands of kilometres, stretching from the Kimberley to South
Australia.
They decide to travel about, and eventually decide to head south-east in order to enlighten the people there
who do not possess the rituals known to the Dreaming heroes. As they travel, they sing of the animals, plants
and geographic features that they encounter, naming them and calling them into being. Filled with magical
power, these two unmarried brothers eventually travelled all over the Western Desert destroying many
dangerous evil spirits. They also created sacred objects.