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ENA NAKAMARRA GIBSON
Ngalyipi Jukurrpa (Snake Vine Dreaming) - Purturlu582/07ny
Acrylic on Belgian Linen
Ngalyipi Jukurrpa (Snake Vine … | 582/07ny
Acrylic on Belgian Linen
91 x 61cm | 35.83 x 24.02in
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This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole and soakage water site of Tjiturrulpa, situated in rocky hills, West of the Kintore Community.
A group of men and women traveled to this site to gather material for the production of various tools used in everyday life. The lines in the painting depict the lengths of wood that are yet to be fashioned into a variety of tools including; kulata (spears), wana (nulla nullas), kiritji (shield) and kali (boomerang).
While at Tjiturrulpa the group also gathered a variety of bush foods including pitjara or desert yam, the edible tuber of the shrub Ipomoea costata, pura or bush tomato from the shrub Solanum chippendalei, and kampurarrpa or desert raisin from the small shrub Solanum centrale.
A group of men and women traveled to this site to gather material for the production of various tools used in everyday life. The lines in the painting depict the lengths of wood that are yet to be fashioned into a variety of tools including; kulata (spears), wana (nulla nullas), kiritji (shield) and kali (boomerang).
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