Spinifex People Spinifex Lands

A Collection of Fine Spinifex Indigenous Art

Spinifex People Spinifex Lands

A Collection of Fine Spinifex Indigenous Art

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by LAWRENCE PENNINGTON of Spinifex Artists. The title is Mituna. [18-28] (Acrylic on Linen) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by LAWRENCE PENNINGTON of Spinifex Artists. The title is Mituna. [18-28] (Acrylic on Linen)
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LAWRENCE PENNINGTON (dec)

Mituna
18-28
Acrylic on Linen
 Mituna | 18-28
Acrylic on Linen
 137 x 90cm | 53.94 x 35.43in
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Lawrence, a senior lawman from Spinifex has painted his country of Mitutu, the place of his birth. As with many Spinifex "Tjukurpa" places are linked through story and geography. In this case Mitutu is clearly linked to a well known Western Desert area called Pukara. Pukara is a site in which two large snakes, a father and son are travelling on initiation business.

The places Lawrence paints are often sacred or have sacred aspects to them and as such details are sketchy. Lawrence has mentioned certain elements of story associated with particular water places. One such character is Ngarultji the Wati Lungkutja (the blue tongue lizard man) who is travelling to Pukara. He also mentions an ancestral being "Murtja" who expired at this place after seeing the snakes at Pukara involved in a spear fight. The sites painted here include along with Mituna and Pukara; Kukulywa, Mukurara and Malaputa, The trees are kurku, mulga trees and the roots are depicted reaching into water below the surface.

Lawrence, a senior lawman from Spinifex has painted his country of Mitutu, the place of his birth. As with many Spinifex "Tjukurpa" places are linked through story and geography. In this case Mitutu is clearly linked to a well known Western Desert area called Pukara. Pukara is a site in which two large snakes, a father and son are travelling on initiation business.

The places Lawrence paints are often sacred or have sacred aspects to them and as such details are sketchy. Lawrence has mentioned...