Tjinkurna Wells
Untitled, 2021
acrylic on linen
122 x 100 cm
529-21AS
Tjinkuma’s artwork depicts tjala (honey ants), which is a much- loved bush food for Anangu. Tjala live underground in the red sand of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjara (APY) Lands, and...
Tjinkuma’s artwork depicts tjala (honey ants), which is a much- loved bush food for Anangu. Tjala live underground in the red sand of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjara (APY) Lands, and it takes a lot of digging by Anangu women to reach the tjala. The circles in Tjinkuma’s work represent the holes the tjala live within the manta (earth)