Tjukurpa Wangka: Storytellers: Artwork from Nyapari
Past exhibition
Beryl Jimmy Australian, Pitjantjatjara, b. 1970
Kapi Tjuta
acrylic on linen
100 x 150 cm
821656
Kapi Tjuta Nyangatja tjukula tjuta munu tali tjuta. Irititja Anangu tjutangku ankupai kapi tjukula kutjupa kutjupa ka tjana maiku, kapiku, kukaku mantjupai. Ngayuku ngura Watarru. This is my country close...
Kapi Tjuta
Nyangatja tjukula tjuta munu tali tjuta. Irititja Anangu tjutangku ankupai kapi tjukula kutjupa kutjupa ka tjana maiku, kapiku, kukaku mantjupai. Ngayuku ngura Watarru. This is my country close to Watarru. There are many rockholes and sand dunes. In the early days the Aboriginal people would travel by foot from rock hole to rock hole, collecting food and water.
Kapi Tjukula
Kapi tjukula Watarru (these rockholes are Watarru). Manta, puli, putipula, punu munu bushpa (the surrounding country is diverse with sandy patches, rocky hills, bush flowers and trees). Ngayuku ngura wirunya (my country is beautiful). Minyma tjuta tjala tjuta tjawanpai (all the women would dig for honey ants).
Nyangatja tjukula tjuta munu tali tjuta. Irititja Anangu tjutangku ankupai kapi tjukula kutjupa kutjupa ka tjana maiku, kapiku, kukaku mantjupai. Ngayuku ngura Watarru. This is my country close to Watarru. There are many rockholes and sand dunes. In the early days the Aboriginal people would travel by foot from rock hole to rock hole, collecting food and water.
Kapi Tjukula
Kapi tjukula Watarru (these rockholes are Watarru). Manta, puli, putipula, punu munu bushpa (the surrounding country is diverse with sandy patches, rocky hills, bush flowers and trees). Ngayuku ngura wirunya (my country is beautiful). Minyma tjuta tjala tjuta tjawanpai (all the women would dig for honey ants).