Tuppy Ngintja Goodwin Australian, Pitjantjatjara, b. 1960
Tuppy Ngintja Goodwin Australian, Pitjantjatjara, b. 1960
Antara, 2020
acrylic on linen
152 x 122 cm
203-20
When I paint, it’s like inma (ceremonial dance and song). This is Antara, a sacred place for Anangu, and the Maku Tjukurpa (witchetty grub story). There is a special rock...
When I paint, it’s like inma (ceremonial dance and song).
This is Antara, a sacred place for Anangu, and the Maku Tjukurpa (witchetty grub story). There is a special rock hole at Antara where women perform inma – ‘inmaku pakani’ – and afterwards there is enough maku to feed everyone. Antara and Maku Tjukurpa is really important for Mimili women, we paint this place and its stories, keeping them strong.
This is Antara, a sacred place for Anangu, and the Maku Tjukurpa (witchetty grub story). There is a special rock hole at Antara where women perform inma – ‘inmaku pakani’ – and afterwards there is enough maku to feed everyone. Antara and Maku Tjukurpa is really important for Mimili women, we paint this place and its stories, keeping them strong.