Details of Kutjupa 2005

Catalog Number : 3341
Size : 100cm x 50cm
Medium : acrylic on canvas
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Pauline has painted a story for some of her fathers' country. Pauline's father, Sunfly Tjampitjin, was a senior custodian for country south of Balgo, and the country depicted here, Kutjupa is an important law site north of Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay) a vast salt lake. The painting depicts a ceremony which, in this area is centred around the goanna. The ceremony and body painting associated with this country is no longer practiced, having died with her father and grandfather. The lower circles in the painting are Yululu Warniri (rockholes).