Betty Carrington Australian, Gija, 1944-2022
Karlumbool (Spear hill), Texas Downs Station, 2015
Natural ochre and pigments on canvas
60 x 45 cm
837566
In the Ngarangkarni the old people used to trade with spears with the ocean / seaside cousins. The swap would often be seashells for spears. One time two men were...
In the Ngarangkarni the old people used to trade with spears with the ocean / seaside cousins. The swap would often be seashells for spears. One time two men were fighting over their trading and one of the men was killed. All the trading stopped and all the spears were dropped at this place in Texas Downs Station. The pointy shape of the hill is where all the spears were left after the fight