Gimme Shelter : A survey show from the artists of Fitzroy Valley
Past exhibition
Tommy May (Ngarralja) Australian, Walmajarri, 1935 -2022
Kurtal
acrylic on ply
56.5 x 122 cm
831173
This painting has song and story, singing and dancing. And Inarra. This is the digging, singing, and dancing that happens when the waterhole is dug, to bring the rain. Its...
This painting has song and story, singing and dancing. And Inarra. This is the digging, singing, and dancing that happens when the waterhole is dug, to bring the rain. Its a ceremony for digging the Jila and bringing the rain. On and on, this story has been told and passed on. There's only three of us now, who were taught by the old people, po’bulla (poor fella).