This painting depicts the claypan site of Pulyurlnga,
north-west of Mt.Webb in Western Australia, Imythological times, a
large group of Tingari Men camped at this site before travelling to
Tarkul. At Pulyurlnga the men were crawling around on the claypan.
The lines in the painting show the tracks they made. Since events associated
with the Tingari Cycle are of a secret nature, no further detail was
given.
PROVENANCE
Papyuna Tula Artists Pty Ltd., Alice Springs,
painted at Kiwirrkura.
Catalogue Number BW0009081
Bobby is the son of Freddy West Tjakamarra, one of the original shareholders
of Papunya Tula Artists. He was born at the rockhole site of Tjamu Tjami, which
is east of Kiwirrkura. He commenced painting for Papunya Tula Artists in the
late 1980s
