This painting depicts designs associated with the
travels of an old woman, Kutungka Napanangka, from the west. She visited
the soakage water site of Tjintjintjin which is west of Mantati Outstation,
approximately seventy kilometres west of the Kintore Community. The
circles represent the edible berries known as kampurarrpa or desert
raisin from the small shrub Solanum centrale. These plants grow in
profusion in this area. She then travelled further east to Muruntji,
south-west of Mt. Liebig. This old woman is said to be a bit of a 'devil-devil'
as she kills and eats people.
PROVENANCE
Papyuna Tula Artists Pty Ltd., Alice Springs,
painted at Kintore.
Catalogue Number PN0012011
Pirrmangka was born at Tintjintjin to the north-west of Lake MacDonald. She
lived at Ilkiypi oustation, west of Papunya, and later at Walungurru, with
her husband.
REPRESENTED
National Gallery of Victoria
Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
University of Canberra
