274-26AS, Teresa Mula, Adelaide Studio, 150 x 145cm, Acrylic on Linen
Teresa Mula is a senior cultural woman from Mimili who paints the Kunkarunkara Tjukurpa (Seven Sisters Creation Story).
This Tjukurpa is about the constellations of Pleiades and Orion. The sisters are the constellation of Pleiades and the other star Orion is said to be Nyiru or Nyirunya (described as a bad, untrustworthy man).
Teresa says: “This story is about family looking after each other, and teaching and helping each other. The women being followed by a bad man, but the older sisters are looking after the younger ones."
