DORIS BUSH NUNGARRAYI - WILINYI IKUNTIJI (HUNTING AT HAASTS BLUFF)
DORIS BUSH NUNGARRAYI
WILINYI IKUNTIJI (HUNTING AT HAASTS BLUFF),
76 x 58 cm
Ink on Paper
REGION
Papunya Western Desert, NT
PROVENANCE
Papunya Tjupi Arts, NT, Cat No: 59-22
Cooee Art Leven, NSW
STORY
This is a memory from Doris's past. Doris talks of the times when she was a young girl in the bush, swimming and hunting with her friends at Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff). She talks of sand hills where the young people would wander naked looking for water, "chasing" the water until they found a water hole. The young men and women would swim together and make love by the water hole. Eventually, Doris explains, the young people fall in love and are married.
Doris is remembering the traditional tools and weapons that were used by her and her friends in the bush. Doris depicts Kali (boomerang), wana (digging stick), puli (grinding stone), kutitji (shield), kulata (spear) and kantikanti (hitting stick).
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