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

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

Artist Walangkura Napanangka Australian, Pintupi, 1946-2014

Publisher Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd

Printer Firebox Print Studio (Dian Darmansjah)

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

2013.185N

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Exhibition History

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

Label TextThis etching depicts designs associated with the rockhole and cave site of Tjintjintjin, just to the west of the Kintore Community. The shapes in this work depict the geographical features in the area through which an Ancestral woman, Kutungka Napanangka, passed during her travels from Malparingya in the northwest. At this site Kutungka knew of an Ancestral kuniya (snake) that lived underground. She proceeded to dig a hole in search of the kuniya, eventually locating and killing it. She then cooked and ate it before continuing her travels east to Muruntji, southwest of Mt. Liebig. At Muruntji she was accosted by one boy in a group so she chased them and caught all but the culprit who managed to escape. She killed the others and cooked them in a fire. She then travelled to Kaltarra where she entered the earth.