Tjanyinki (from Tjukurrpa Palurukutu, Kutjupawana Palyantjanya: same stories a new way)
Artist: Florrie Watson Napangati (Australian, Pintupi, born ca. 1950)
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: 2013.185R
Label Text:This etching represents the claypan and soakage water site of Tjanyinki, north of the Nyirrpi community. The site is associated with a group of Ancestral women who camped there in the Dreaming (creation time). The rows of parallel lines represent the tali (sandhills) surrounding the site.
In Aboriginal cultures, Dreamings—creation stories and sacred knowledge—are shared through storytelling, song, dance, and paintings. Only relatively recently did Aboriginal peoples begin depicting Dream¬ings for public consumption. Dreamings are sacred, and for that reason usually only those who own a Dreaming are allowed to know its whole story. People gain ownership of Dreamings by birth and through family relationships. One person can have many Dreamings, and many people can share the same Dreaming. Most of the time only parts of a Dreaming, or a very simple ver¬sion of it, are shared with people who do not own it. In this way, the sacred, spiritual signifi¬cance of the Dreaming is honored and protected.
In Aboriginal cultures, Dreamings—creation stories and sacred knowledge—are shared through storytelling, song, dance, and paintings. Only relatively recently did Aboriginal peoples begin depicting Dream¬ings for public consumption. Dreamings are sacred, and for that reason usually only those who own a Dreaming are allowed to know its whole story. People gain ownership of Dreamings by birth and through family relationships. One person can have many Dreamings, and many people can share the same Dreaming. Most of the time only parts of a Dreaming, or a very simple ver¬sion of it, are shared with people who do not own it. In this way, the sacred, spiritual signifi¬cance of the Dreaming is honored and protected.
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