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Tjukurpa Wangka: Storytellers: Artwork from Nyapari

Past exhibition
19 August - 1 September 2013
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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Beryl Jimmy, Kapi Tjuta

Beryl Jimmy Australian, Pitjantjatjara, b. 1970

Kapi Tjuta
acrylic on linen
100 x 150 cm
821656
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Kapi Tjuta Nyangatja tjukula tjuta munu tali tjuta. Irititja Anangu tjutangku ankupai kapi tjukula kutjupa kutjupa ka tjana maiku, kapiku, kukaku mantjupai. Ngayuku ngura Watarru. This is my country close...
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Kapi Tjuta

Nyangatja tjukula tjuta munu tali tjuta. Irititja Anangu tjutangku ankupai kapi tjukula kutjupa kutjupa ka tjana maiku, kapiku, kukaku mantjupai. Ngayuku ngura Watarru. This is my country close to Watarru. There are many rockholes and sand dunes. In the early days the Aboriginal people would travel by foot from rock hole to rock hole, collecting food and water.

Kapi Tjukula

Kapi tjukula Watarru (these rockholes are Watarru). Manta, puli, putipula, punu munu bushpa (the surrounding country is diverse with sandy patches, rocky hills, bush flowers and trees). Ngayuku ngura wirunya (my country is beautiful). Minyma tjuta tjala tjuta tjawanpai (all the women would dig for honey ants).
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