This painting depicts designs with the rockhole and soakage water sighs of Tjiturrulpa, situated in rocky hills west of the Kintore Community. During mythological times a group of men and...
This painting depicts designs with the rockhole and soakage water sighs of Tjiturrulpa, situated in rocky hills west of the Kintore Community. During mythological times a group of men and women travelled east from the site towards the rockhole site of Illpilli. Along the way they gathered material for production of various tools used in everyday life. The lines in the painting depict the length of the wood that are yet to be fashioned in to a variety of tools including Kulata (spears) , wanan (nulla nulla), Kiritji (shield) and Kali (boomerang ). While at Tjiturrulpa the groups also gathered a veriety of bush foods including pitjara or desert yam, the edible tuber of the shrub Ipomoea costata, pura or bush tomato from the shrub Solanum chippendalei, and Kampararrpa or dessert raisin from the small shrub Solanum centrale.