Songlines Travelling to America

A Collection of Contemporary Indigenous Art

Songlines Travelling to America

A Collection of Contemporary Indigenous Art

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by LUCY YUKENBARRI of Warlayirti Artists (Balgo). The title is Mappa Rockhole. [177/95] (Acrylic on Canvas) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by LUCY YUKENBARRI of Warlayirti Artists (Balgo). The title is Mappa Rockhole. [177/95] (Acrylic on Canvas)
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LUCY YUKENBARRI

Mappa Rockhole
177/95
Acrylic on Canvas
 Mappa Rockhole | 177/95
Acrylic on Canvas
 120 x 80cm | 47.24 x 31.5in
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This is a depiction of a waterhole known as Mappa in the artits’s country. It is a scene of collecting bush tucker and burning off of country in order to catch game. Lucy is one of the senior law women for the Tjukulpa (Dreamtime) law and stories associated with this place.

Lucy lived in this part desert as a young girl with her family and has an intimate knowledge of the land features and the plentiful supply of water and bush foods found here.