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HUSBAND & WIFE: PATRICK MUNG MUNG & BETTY CARRINGTON

Past exhibition
16 July - 13 August 2021
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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Betty Carrington, Karlumbool (Spear hill), Texas Downs Station, 2015

Betty Carrington Australian, Gija, 1944-2022

Karlumbool (Spear hill), Texas Downs Station, 2015
Natural ochre and pigments on canvas
60 x 45 cm
837566
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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...
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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
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