Ngaminya (from Tjukurrpa Palurukutu, Kutjupawana Palyantjanya: same stories a new way)

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Ngaminya (from Tjukurrpa Palurukutu, Kutjupawana Palyantjanya: same stories a new way)

Artist Payu Napaltjarri (Australian, born ca. 1952)

Publisher Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd

Printer Firebox Print Studio (Dian Darmansjah)

Place of OriginAustralian | Pintupic language group

Date2009

DimensionsSheet: H: 21 5/8 in. (55 cm); W: 17 11/16 in. (45 cm)

MediumPrint, etching on Hahnemuhle rag paper.

ClassificationPrints

Credit LineGift of Sara Jane DeHoff

Object number

2013.185C

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Label TextThe designs used in this etching are associated with the rockhole site of Ngaminya, just south of the Kiwirrkura community in Western Australia. The rows of parallel lines represent the tali (sandhills) in the area around Ngaminya. In Ancestral times a group of women camped at this site where they collected the edible berries known as kampurarrpa, or desert raisin, that grow on a small shrub. The rocky outcrop at this site is said to have been formed from huge mounds of these berries. Upon completion of their ceremonies at Ngaminya, the Ancestral Women continued their travels east to Wirrulnga and then on to Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay).Exhibition History

Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Papunya Tula: Works on Paper, December 13, 2012 – March 24, 2013.