Wirrilpi (from Tjukurrpa Palurukutu, Kutjupawana Palyantjanya: same stories a new way)
Artist: Raymond Tjapaltjarri (Australian, Pintupi, born ca. 1967)
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: Australian | Pintupi language group
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Sara Jane DeHoff
Object number: 2013.185BB
Label Text:This etching depicts designs associated with the rockhole site of Wirrilpinya, southwest of Jupiter Well in Western Australia. This is the artist's grandfather's ancestral country.
In Ancestral times a group of Ancestral Beings called the Tingari men 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. The concentric squares represent the rock holes at the site.
This ancestral story forms part of the Tingari song cycle. Since events associated with the Tingari Cycle are of a secret nature, no further detail was given.
In Ancestral times a group of Ancestral Beings called the Tingari men 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. The concentric squares represent the rock holes at the site.
This ancestral story forms part of the Tingari song cycle. Since events associated with the Tingari Cycle are of a secret nature, no further detail was given.
Not on view