Wirrilpi (from Tjukurrpa Palurukutu, Kutjupawana Palyantjanya: same stories a new way)
Artist: Patrick Olodoodi Tjungurrayi (Australian, Pintupi, born 1935)
Publisher: Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd
Printer: Firebox Print Studio (Dian Darmansjah)
Date: 2009
Dimensions:
Sheet: H: 21 5/8 in. (55 cm); W: 17 11/16 in. (45 cm)
Medium: Print, etching on Hahnemuhle rag paper.
Place of Origin: Australia | Pintupi language group
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Sara Jane DeHoff
Object number: 2013.185J
Label Text:The rockhole site of Wirrilpinya, southwest of Jupiter Well in Western Australia, is located in the artist's father's country. A group of Tingari Men, Ancestral Beings, camped at this site before travelling east to the rockhole site of Ngarru. The lines running through the etching represent the tracks of the men as they passed between the sandhills, while also representing body paint worn by men during ceremonies. This Ancestral story forms part of the Tingari song cycle.
Since events associated with the Tingari cycle are of a secret, sacred nature, no further detail was given.
Since events associated with the Tingari cycle are of a secret, sacred nature, no further detail was given.
Not on view