Weaver Jack (c.1928 - 2010)

ALL THE JILA, 2004

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

168.0 x 106.0 cm

bears inscription verso: artist's name, size, location (Bidyadanga) and Short Street Gallery cat. 2546

Painted at Bidyadanga, Western Australia
Short Street Gallery, Broome
Pandanus Gallery, Queensland (cat. PGWD002)
Company collection, Queensland

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Short St Gallery that sates:

This is all the jila, Lungarung, Nyrpi, Winpa, Cotton Creek and all the jila between Bidyadanga and Lungarung, my country. I walked with my two mummy’s and my daddy through this country, we stop a long time at each jila, getting lots of Kuwi (meat) and Mayi (bush tucker).