Wurna Juwal - Walking up and down, always moving, from waterhole to soak

A Collection of Fine Mangkaja Indigenous Art


Wurna Juwal - Walking up and down, always moving, from waterhole to soak

A Collection of Fine Mangkaja Indigenous Art


NGARRALJA TOMMY MAY (dec)

Kurtal II
408/14-33/40
Etching on 250gsm Paper - Edition of 40
Kurtal II | 408/14-33/40
Etching on 250gsm Paper - Edition o…
45 x 60cm | 17.72 x 23.62in
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This etching was drawn on the plate by the artist at Fitzroy Crossing, WA and printed by APW Printers at Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne in 2014.

This etching represents the Kurtal ceremonial dance, an important tjukurrpa (dreaming) story for the Walmajarri (language group of Fitzroy Valley) and a sacred site in the Great Sandy Desert. The headdresses, which represent the clouds that the rainmakers create, are still used today in traditional dance by the men who hold the story for this sacred place.

This etching was drawn on the plate by the artist at Fitzroy Crossing, WA and printed by APW Printers at Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne in 2014.

This etching represents the Kurtal ceremonial dance, an important tjukurrpa (dreaming) story for the Walmajarri (language group of Fitzroy Valley) and a sacred site in the Great Sandy Desert. The headdresses, which represent the clouds that the rainmakers create, are still used today in traditional dance by the men who hold the story for this...