Tjukurla, 2007

121 x 152.5 cm, 123.5 x 155 cm frame

Est. $14,000 – $18,000

Provenance: Papunya Tula Artists, NT Cat No. WN0702190 Metro Five Gallery, Vic Private Collection, Vic
Artwork story: Walangkura Napanangka's canvas encodes the iconography of Tjukurla, a significant site on the Pintupi-Luritja songline. Concentric roundels mark the rock-holes, while parallel striations trace the surrounding sandhills. According to the women's Tingari narrative, ancestral women gathered here to dance and sing, spinning hair-string into ceremonial skirts and harvesting bush tomatoes (Solanum chippendalei) that grow here in abundance. After preparing the apricot-sized fruit for storage by halving and skewering them, the women resumed their ceremonial passage to Illpilli and, later, the country near Nyirrpi.

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Sale 1 · Lot 48

b. c.1946

121 x 152.5 cm, 123.5 x 155 cm frame

Est. $14,000 – $18,000

Provenance: Papunya Tula Artists, NT Cat No. WN0702190 Metro Five Gallery, Vic Private Collection, Vic
Artwork story: Walangkura Napanangka's canvas encodes the iconography of Tjukurla, a significant site on the Pintupi-Luritja songline. Concentric roundels mark the rock-holes, while parallel striations trace the surrounding sandhills. According to the women's Tingari narrative, ancestral women gathered here to dance and sing, spinning hair-string into ceremonial skirts and harvesting bush tomatoes (Solanum chippendalei) that grow here in abundance. After preparing the apricot-sized fruit for storage by halving and skewering them, the women resumed their ceremonial passage to Illpilli and, later, the country near Nyirrpi.