Anangu Happily Sitting and Working Together : Ceramics and Pictures from Ernabella
Past exhibition
Carlene Thompson Australian, Pitjantjatjara, b. 1950
Kalaya Ngura, 2018
acrylic on linen
120 x 152 cm
841309
Emu Country. This painting depicts Carlene's family's country, near Kanypi in the Western APY Lands. It is the country of the emu, meaning the emu (kalaya) is the ancestral being...
Emu Country. This painting depicts Carlene's family's country, near Kanypi in the Western APY Lands. It is the country of the emu, meaning the emu (kalaya) is the ancestral being who formed that part of the country.That Kalaya travelled from Kanpi to Watarru. It is very typical for the Kalaya to have many children, like Carlene, who had six children.
