Gimme Shelter : A survey show from the artists of Fitzroy Valley
Past exhibition
Dolly (Jukuja) Snell
Kurtal Jila
acrylic on canvas
120 x 90 cm
826559
Kurtal is a Jila (permanent waterhole) in the Great Sandy Desert. This painting is about Kurtal full of water with bush seeds left by Kurtal. Kurtal Jila is associated with...
Kurtal is a Jila (permanent waterhole) in the Great Sandy Desert. This painting is about Kurtal full of water with bush seeds left by Kurtal. Kurtal Jila is associated with rainmaking and is Dolly's Ngumparna (husband, man belonging to the skin group which is straight for marriage, wife's brother) Ngurrara (place of birth).