KAY BAKER TUNKIN - MY COUNTRY-KANPI
KAY BAKER TUNKIN
MY COUNTRY-KANPI, 2007
92 x 75 cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Canvas
REGION
Kanpi, APY
PROVENANCE
Tjungu Palya, SA Cat No. TPKB07140
Philip Price Collection, ACT
Private Collection, NSW
Cooee Art Leven, NSW
STORY
Kalaya tjuta (many emus), near Kanpi community, is rocky country where the emus sit and hide. This place is called Kalayangurarinya which means the emu's home. All the emu chicks are practising Inma (ceremonial dancing and singing). The lines in the painitng are the tracks the chicks left from their dancing. The Inma is in red and white. They came together in a windbreak called palkara. The other section of the canvas are the emus travelling for food. They travelled everywhere eating bush fruits and berries.
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