Kinti kinti, Purrka purrka - The Balgo Way

A Collection of Fine Warlayirti Artists Art

Kinti kinti, Purrka purrka - The Balgo Way

A Collection of Fine Warlayirti Artists Art

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by GERALDINE NOWEE of Warlayirti Artists (Balgo). The title is Nyilla. [810/09] (Acrylic on Linen) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by GERALDINE NOWEE of Warlayirti Artists (Balgo). The title is Nyilla. [810/09] (Acrylic on Linen)
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GERALDINE NOWEE

Nyilla
810/09
Acrylic on Linen
 Nyilla | 810/09
Acrylic on Linen
 300 x 130cm | 118.11 x 51.18in
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This work describes the country of Geraldine’s mother and grandfather. Nyilla is on the northern side of Jupiter Well, which is in the Great Sandy Desert.

The work shows the abundance of the bush tobacco (waltjikarratja) in this country. People from this area collect bush tobacco and they lay it in the ants hill to get dry. They make a fire to make ashes (called kawan) and then they mix the tobacco with the ashes and they chew it.