Ninuku Tjuta

A Collection of Fine Ninuku Indigenous Art

Ninuku Tjuta

A Collection of Fine Ninuku Indigenous Art

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by SANDY BRUMBY of Ninuku Arts. The title is 50 Downs. [10388] (Acrylic on Linen) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by SANDY BRUMBY of Ninuku Arts. The title is 50 Downs. [10388] (Acrylic on Linen)
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SANDY BRUMBY

50 Downs
10388
Acrylic on Linen
 50 Downs | 10388
Acrylic on Linen
 121 x 102cm | 47.64 x 40.16in
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This painting is of a story about my father’s country, 50 Downs, near Amata community. Lots of women were at this site collecting kampurapa (bush tomatoes). A man came along and asked the women for the mai (food) but the women didn’t give any to him, so the man had no mai. After the man left, the women fed all the mai to the tjitji (children) until they were full. The man came back again and the group travelled together to Pangkupiri which is near Tjukula and close to the country where Sandy Brumby’s mother was born.

This painting is of a story about my father’s country, 50 Downs, near Amata community. Lots of women were at this site collecting kampurapa (bush tomatoes). A man came along and asked the women for the mai (food) but the women didn’t give any to him, so the man had no mai. After the man left, the women fed all the mai to the tjitji (children) until they were full. The man came back again and the group travelled together to Pangkupiri which is near Tjukula and close to the country where...