Palipalintjanya (from Tjukurrpa Palurukutu, Kutjupawana Palyantjanya: same stories a new way)
Artist: Matthew West Tjupurrula (Australian, Pintupi, b. ca. 1979)
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: 2013.185L
Label Text:This etching depicts designs associated with the swamp and rockhole site of Palipalintjanya, just west of Jupiter Well in Western Australia. In ancestral times a large group of Tingari Men, Ancestral Beings whose movements helped to form sacred sites and bring features of the land into being, camped at this site before travelling south. Since events associated with the Tingari Cycle are of a secret nature, no further detail has been given.
The Tingari Men were usually followed by Tingari women and were accompanied by novices. their travels and adventures are enshrined in a number of song cycles. These ancestral stories form part of the teachings of post-initiatory youths today as well as providing explanations for contemporary customs.
The Tingari Men were usually followed by Tingari women and were accompanied by novices. their travels and adventures are enshrined in a number of song cycles. These ancestral stories form part of the teachings of post-initiatory youths today as well as providing explanations for contemporary customs.
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