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Looking around for waterholes – Mabel Watson

This painting tells the story of the artist’s family — her grandmother and aunty — walking across Country in search of waterholes and bush tucker. It captures an important part of life in the old days, when people travelled with deep knowledge of the land, following the signs of water and seasonal foods.

In the painting, the ‘U’ shapes represent the people sitting on the ground. Beside them are digging sticks and coolamons, traditional tools used by women for digging and carrying bush tucker and water. The wavy lines trace the paths of creeks and watercourses, while the circles mark the waterholes found along the way.



Dimensions: 305 x 305 mm

Categories: Tangentyere Artists

Name: Sandra Minungka

Community: Alice Springs

Biography:

Sandra Minunga was born in 1962 in Ooodnadatta. She grew up and went to school there before moving to Finke. Sandra is now based between Finke and Umoona. Sandra's mother was a Pitjantjatjara woman born in Ernabella, and her father was a Pitjantjatjara man born out Pipalyatjara way. She has three brothers, two have passed, and one sister. Sandra works alongside her brother Keith Minunga and sister Kay Finn at Umoona Arts. She depicts her Ngura (Country) and the rockholes around Ooodnadatta in her paintings.

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