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

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

Artist Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri (Australian, Pintupi, born ca. 1959)

Publisher Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd

Printer Firebox Print Studio (Dian Darmansjah)

Place of OriginAustralian | 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

2013.185W

Not on View

Label TextThis etching depicts designs associated with the swamp site of Marawa, situated slightly west of Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay). There are also rockholes and soakage waters at this site. During Ancestral times, a large group of Tingari men travelled to Marawa from the west, and after arriving at the site, passed beneath the earth's surface and continued traveling underground. It is also said that a huge ancestral snake sleeps in this swamp. Since events associated with the Tingari Cycle are of a secret nature, no further detail was given. Generally, the Tingari are a group of ancestral beings of the Dreaming who traveled over vast stretches of the country, performing rituals and creating and shaping particular sites.Exhibition History

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