Acrylic on Belgian linen
152 x 182 cm
This painting depicts designs associated with the claypan site known as Warrunpa
north of Mt. Webb in Western Australia. After rain the claypan becomes a freshwater
lake. In mythological times two Tingari Men of the Tjangala and Tjapaltjarri
kinship subsections camped at this site. They gathered seeds known as mungilypa
or samphire from the small fleshy sub-shrub known as Tecticornia verrucosa.
These seeds are ground into a paste that is cooked in the coals to form a type
of unleavened bread. They also practiced their spear-throwing skills. Since
events associated with the Tingari Cycle are of a secret nature no further
detail
is given.
PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs, painted at Kintore 1999,
Catalogue number GT9903146
Private Collection, Melbourne
George was born in the desert in the vacinity of Kiwirrkura in approximately
1943, and is the younger brother of Naata Nungurrayi. George walked into Papunya
with another young man along a freshly graded road, after living at Mukula
west of Kiwirrkura. He commenced
painting for Papunya Tula Artists in the early 1980’s.
REPRESENTED
National Gallery of Victoria
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, Darwin
The Holmes à Court Collection
Groninger Museum, The Netherlands
University of Virginia, USA
Musee des Arts d’Afrique et d’Oceanie, Paris
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