Pauline Sunfly Australian, Kukatja, b. 1957
Pauline Sunfly Australian, Kukatja, b. 1957
Kalpanu, 2018
acrylic on inen
120 x 60 cm
118-18
Pauline has painted one of her father's story. Pauline's father, Sunfly Tjampitjin was a senior custodian for country south of Balgo. The circle in the centre depicts a big lake...
Pauline has painted one of her father's story. Pauline's father, Sunfly Tjampitjin was a senior custodian for country
south of Balgo. The circle in the centre depicts a big lake called Kalpanu, a waniri, or rockhole featured in the
centre of the painting. The country is near Lake Hazlett, south east of Balgo. It is Sunfly's father's dreaming
country. Kalpanu is an important site for the native cat dreaming, who lived here and at the other rockholes of the
area. The lines connecting the rockholes are the tracks that the ancestral cat took, which turned into kiliki, or
creeks. Kalpanu is an important ceremonial site for Tingarri Men.
south of Balgo. The circle in the centre depicts a big lake called Kalpanu, a waniri, or rockhole featured in the
centre of the painting. The country is near Lake Hazlett, south east of Balgo. It is Sunfly's father's dreaming
country. Kalpanu is an important site for the native cat dreaming, who lived here and at the other rockholes of the
area. The lines connecting the rockholes are the tracks that the ancestral cat took, which turned into kiliki, or
creeks. Kalpanu is an important ceremonial site for Tingarri Men.