TJUKURPA MULAPA: THIS IS A TRUE STORY
Past exhibition
Bernard Tjalkuri Australian/Pitjantjatjara, b. 1930
Kalaya Tjuta, 2017
Acrylic on linen
150 x 120 cm
839347
Kalaya tjuta (many emus) travelling to Watarru from Kanpi. Other emus from Western Australia are also heading there. There are hundreds, even thousands of emus. They sit down near the...
Kalaya tjuta (many emus) travelling to Watarru from Kanpi. Other emus from Western Australia are also heading there. There are hundreds, even thousands of emus. They sit down near the rockholes for rest, looking for mina (water). Kalaya winki mulapa (so many of them) and they are a sight to see. It's only the men for this story, a big men's story.
