TURKEY TOLSON TJUPURRULA - KUNGA KUTJARRA (TWO WOMEN)
TURKEY TOLSON TJUPURRULA
KUNGA KUTJARRA (TWO WOMEN), 1994
91 x 61 cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Belgian Linen
REGION
Papunya Western Desert, NT
PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Artists, NT
Aboriginal Gallery of Dreamings, VIC
Private Collection, ACT
STORY
This painting depicts elements associated with the Kunga Kutjarra (Two Women) Dreaming at Putjanya near Yuwalki, the artists' homeland. In the Dreamtime the Kunga Kutjarra were sitting at Putja, a rockhole in the Kintore region of the Northen Territory. They were passing the time by entertaining themselves with Mani Mani; a passtime associcated with women and girls in which patterns are drawn in the sand to illustrate a narrative. The narrative in this case was said to involve the 'Love-lives' of the Kunga Kutjarra.
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