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

Artist Eileen Napaltjarri (Australian, Pintupi, born 1956)
Place of OriginAustralia | Pintupi 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
2013.185I
Not on View
Label TextDuring ancient times a group of Ancestral men and women travelled east from the rockhole and soakage water site of Tjiturrulpa toward the rockhole site of Illpilli. Along the way they gathered material for the production of various tools used in everyday life. The lines depict the lengths of wood that are yet to be fashioned into a variety of tools including kulata (spears), wana (digging sticks), kiritji (shield), and kali (boomerang).Exhibition History

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

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