Tjintu Kutjupa Tjintu Kutjupa - Desert Days

A Collection of Indigenous Art from Tjungu Palya

Tjintu Kutjupa Tjintu Kutjupa - Desert Days

A Collection of Indigenous Art from Tjungu Palya

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by KAY BAKER of Tjungu Palya Artists. The title is Kalaya Tjukurpa. [12007] (Acrylic on Linen) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by KAY BAKER of Tjungu Palya Artists. The title is Kalaya Tjukurpa. [12007] (Acrylic on Linen)
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KAY BAKER

Kalaya Tjukurpa
12007
Acrylic on Linen
 Kalaya Tjukurpa | 12007
Acrylic on Linen
 194 x 164cm | 76.38 x 64.57in
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This is Kalaya Tjukurpa (the creation story of the Emu man). The father emu hid all his children in the bush. He told the kipara (bush turkey man) that he had deliberately dropped his kids and then eaten them. He persuaded the kipara to do the same. The kipara only had one son. Ngaltutjara (poor thing!) When the kipara saw the emu chicks running around he was really angry. The kipara was throwing rocks at the kalaya. Where he chased him along throwing rocks a creek was formed. The kalaya was pikatjara (sick). The country where he was lying down vomiting is marked by a clay pan.

This is Kalaya Tjukurpa (the creation story of the Emu man). The father emu hid all his children in the bush. He told the kipara (bush turkey man) that he had deliberately dropped his kids and then eaten them. He persuaded the kipara to do the same. The kipara only had one son. Ngaltutjara (poor thing!) When the kipara saw the emu chicks running around he was really angry. The kipara was throwing rocks at the kalaya. Where he chased him along throwing rocks a creek was formed. The kalaya was pikatjara...