Katu munu Tjaru - Above and Below: of Sky and Land

A Collection of Fine Kaltjiti Indigenous Art

Katu munu Tjaru - Above and Below: of Sky and Land

A Collection of Fine Kaltjiti Indigenous Art

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by MATJANGKA (NYUKANA) NORRIS of Kaltjiti Artists. The title is Mai Putitja - Bush Foods. [KALNNO9925P] (Acrylic on Canvas) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by MATJANGKA (NYUKANA) NORRIS of Kaltjiti Artists. The title is Mai Putitja - Bush Foods. [KALNNO9925P] (Acrylic on Canvas)
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MATJANGKA (NYUKANA) NORRIS

Mai Putitja - Bush Foods
KALNNO9925P
Acrylic on Canvas
 Mai Putitja - Bush Foods | KALNNO9925P
Acrylic on Canvas
 61 x 122cm | 24.02 x 48.03in
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The seemingly ordinary subject of bush foods, indigenous to the *APY Lands, is a strong reflection of Matjangka’s keen sense of place and connection to traditional aboriginal culture and country. It is also her experience and in her memory that these were valuable sources of food and therefore survival for aboriginal people in nomadic times.

Quandongs or native peach - Wayanu (santalum acuminatum): The tart-tasting, bright red fruits from a small tree enclose a round pitted stone the size of a marble which contains an edible kernel.

Desert Raisin - Kampurarpa (solanum centale): This sticky, highly nutritious fruit is yellow when ripe, drying to a chocolate brown colour with a raisin-like texture.

"Sugar Leaf" - Ngapari: A white sweet sap deposited on the surface of the leaves of the red river gum (eucalyptus camaldulensis) by a scale insect and eaten like a sweet or lolly.

*Anangu Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara Lands in the far north-west of South Australia.

The seemingly ordinary subject of bush foods, indigenous to the *APY Lands, is a strong reflection of Matjangka’s keen sense of place and connection to traditional aboriginal culture and country. It is also her experience and in her memory that these were valuable sources of food and therefore survival for aboriginal people in nomadic times.

Quandongs or native peach - Wayanu (santalum acuminatum): The tart-tasting, bright red fruits from a small tree enclose a round pitted...