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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: Sallyanne Roberts, Kuru Ala

Sallyanne Roberts Australian, Pitjantjatjara, b. 1986

Kuru Ala
acrylic on linen
120 x 150 cm
825188
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This is Kuru Ala a sacred place for the Kungkarrakalpa (seven sisters story). We learned this story from my grandmother Wingu Tingima. There are lots of waterholes in this country...
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This is Kuru Ala a sacred place for the Kungkarrakalpa (seven sisters story). We learned this story from my grandmother Wingu Tingima.
There are lots of waterholes in this country and the seven sisters are travelling around gathering food. There is a dangerous man - Wati Nyiru, watching them. You can see the sisters hiding in their cave. All the sisters are dancing. They dance all night in a special ceremony. The sisters have left their dancing tracks in the sand. These are the long lines and shapes. The red and yellow oval shape is sacred women's place.
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