Lydia Balbal
Martakulu, 2023
acrylic on linen
98.5 x 81.5 cm
Martakulu is a soak out near Punmu near the Canning Stock Route in the Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia. It is strong womans country, it is part of the...
Martakulu is a soak out near Punmu near the Canning Stock Route in the Great Sandy
Desert in Western Australia. It is strong womans country, it is part of the women's law
line. Long time ago a law man he come up to this country, he went home and left his
wife and baby. They make him fire and sit down, cook mayi (bush food) and then
started to cry for her husband. Her tears made that soak. It is important country this
one.