Acrylic
on Belgian linen
153 x 61 cm
This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole site of Umari, situated
in sandhill country, east of Mt Webb in Western Australia. The lines represent
the sandhills surrounding the site. A group of women gathered at the site to
perform ceremonies. The women, one of the Nangala kinship subsection, and the
others of the Napaltjarri kinship subsection, later travelled towards the east.
One of the mythologies associated with the area concerns a relationship between
a man of the Tjakamarra kinship subsection and a woman of the Nangala kinship
subsection. This is a mother-in-law relationship, which is very taboo in Aboriginal
culture.
PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Pty. Ltd., Alice Springs, painted at Kintore.Certificate Number
TN0204219
Born at Rapalangya in Pintupi country north-west of Walungurru, Tjunkiya is the
mother of Mitjili Napurrula and second mother to Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula. Tjunkiya
moved to Haasts Bluff and then later to Papunya Tula when it was initially established.
She now lives at Walungurru.
REPRESENTED
National Gallery of Victoria
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Museums and Art Galleries
of the Northern Territory
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