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Mututa Tkukurpa
Mututa Tkukurpa
Mututa Tkukurpa
Mututa Tkukurpa
Mututa Tkukurpa
Mututa Tkukurpa
Mututa Tkukurpa
Mututa Tkukurpa
Mututa Tkukurpa
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Artist Name
Harry Tjutjuna
Artwork Name
Mututa Tkukurpa, 2012
Medium
synthetic polymer paint on linen
Dimensions
66.14 x 72.05 inches
168 × 183cm
Inventory ID
INV-TJUH-0010

Provenance

The Artist, painted at Kalka, South Australia
Ninuku Arts, South Australia, cat. no. 12190
Aboriginal & Pacific Arts, Sydney
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2014

Exhibited

Painting the Land: New Works by Senior Ninuku Artists, Aboriginal & Pacific Arts, Sydney, 25 August - 15 September 2012

Description

This is a Dreaming story about a site near Kalka known as Mutate. A Minyma Nine (Billy woman) was there with her family and they were all eating make (witchery grubs). They found the make in the rots of different plants, from tjilka - tjilka (shrubs), punt (cassia bushes), ngarkalya (sandhill wattle) and kanturangu (desert poplar). They ate so many that there were only ngingirpa (little, immature ones)left. The Wati Mutata (ant men) got really angry because there was no goofed left. They al marched together, chasing the bilby family. The army of ants punished them by spearing them. At this site today, there are clusters of black rocks set into the side off the hill - they represent the Wati Mutata or the ant men.

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Status
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