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Kungka tjuta (Many women)
1996

Medium
synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Measurements
61.5 × 55.0 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1997
© The Artist/Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Limited

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Kintore, Northern Territory

Inscription
inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.c.: Tatali Nangala
inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse l.l.: TN960742
inscribed (inverted) in fibre tipped pen on reverse l.c.-l.l.: Property of Papunya Tula Artists Pty. Ltd / 61 x 55

Accession Number
1997.75

Department
First Nations Australia

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Physical description
The artist represents the travels of many ancestral women to a number of sites in the Lake McDonald area, including Tjunpanya, Lampintja, Kurnkurnya, Tikatika and Putjana. At each of these sites the women conducted ceremonies, singing the songs and performing the dances associated with the site.