Mangkaja Waters: Artwork on polycarbonate
Past exhibition
Lisa Uhl Australian, Wangkajunga, 1976-2018
TURTUJARTI
acrylic on polycarbonate
60 x 90 cm
833870
These are turtujarti trees. They grow out in the desert in Lisa's mother's country, and are a prominent flora at the Kurtal waterhole. Turtujarti trees are valuable for their walnuts,...
These are turtujarti trees. They grow out in the desert in Lisa's mother's country, and are a prominent flora at the Kurtal waterhole. Turtujarti trees are valuable for their walnuts, which can be eaten when cooked as well as used as a black dye or paint.