'AUSTRALIAN VISION' - NAIDOC 2013

A Collection of Fine Indigenous Art from APY Lands

'AUSTRALIAN VISION' - NAIDOC 2013

A Collection of Fine Indigenous Art from APY Lands

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by VARIOUS TJUNGU PALYA ARTISTS (COLLABORATIVE) of Tjungu Palya Artists. The title is Nyapari Tjukurpa. [12540a-b] (Acrylic on Linen) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by VARIOUS TJUNGU PALYA ARTISTS (COLLABORATIVE) of Tjungu Palya Artists. The title is Nyapari Tjukurpa. [12540a-b] (Acrylic on Linen)
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VARIOUS TJUNGU PALYA ARTISTS (COLLABORATIVE)

Nyapari Tjukurpa
12540a-b
Acrylic on Linen
 Nyapari Tjukurpa | 12540a-b
Acrylic on Linen
 200 x 200cm | 78.74 x 78.74in
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My father told me to look after this area. It is Nyapari area. This is my wife and I painting together, we drawn it like a map. A long time ago, Anagnu ate Kuka Malu (Kangaroo Meat), turkey, rabbit, ngintaka (lizard), figs and bush tomato tjuta. No flour or sugar. We were strong then. The men were strong for hunting. The women would get mai from under the ground. You can see them travelling everywhere searching for the food and hitting the ground with a stone and digging down to get the tjamata (bush onions). There is a fire close by where they put the mai and then a wiera (bowl) where they put the mai after it has been in the fire. They take it back to the family. You can see the creeks everywhere, and Nyapari rockhole and Iwarawra rockhole and Piltati rockhole. Sometimes when you hit the ground near a special tree and water comes up, you collect it and then squeeze it into the rockhole. It is a special substance so that when the emu drinks from the rockhole the water kills him for us and we can give it to all the family around. The water is very good in Nyapari area.  When it ran out we’d go to Piltati. The spirals are Kinara tjuta (many snails) that Wanumpi eats. You can find those Kinara everywhere.

My father told me to look after this area. It is Nyapari area. This is my wife and I painting together, we drawn it like a map. A long time ago, Anagnu ate Kuka Malu (Kangaroo Meat), turkey, rabbit, ngintaka (lizard), figs and bush tomato tjuta. No flour or sugar. We were strong then. The men were strong for hunting. The women would get mai from under the ground. You can see them travelling everywhere searching for the food and hitting the ground with a stone and digging down to get the tjamata...