“This painting is a pace in that Kulyakartu area. On the other road when you go towards Woodford road.”
This painting depicts Kulyakartu, the artists grandfathers country where family used to live, north – east of Martu country. It shows the Tali or tuwa (sand hills) and the small creeks (karru) and the desert plants.
“This is a painting of Kulyakartu duwa (sand dunes) and bush flower.” – Kiarah Mandijalu – Jadai
“This painting is of the rocky out crop – you know the ridges and the spinifex beside them. They got caves – shelter and camp for the animals and the spinifex is shelter for the lizards.” – Edward Badal
This paining is about the claypans and spinifex in the dry season time, when spinifex, the native plants and the country gets dry. When the rain comes it makes the country green again. Some animals love dry season for hunting. Some times we go hunting for animals for our families
With the Paru (spinifex) we pull out the whole plant, roots and all and then we twist it around to make a flat basket (Jitatu) like a donut ring. Then this sits on the head and you can carry water for example. The water is in a Kapara like a shallow bowl which you make from the hard wood of a tree like Parntal (Owenia Reticulata)
“This is a painting of Kulyakartu duwa (sand dunes) and bush flower.” – Kiarah Mandijalu – Jadai
This painting is about all the rocks and kurru (creeks) all around Kulyakartu and Kirriwirri.
We went camping there for to two weeks, we went to Wirnpa first and then to Kirriwirri. We camped in the nice flat ground in the open when we got to Kulyakartu.
This is the artists Grand Fathers country.
“This is a painting of Kulyakartu duwa (sand dunes) and bush flower.” – Kiarah Mandijalu – Jadai
“This painting is about the small waterholes along the Great Sandy Desert near my grandfathers country. The brown desert sand and the hills” – Bibianna Tumbler
“This painting is about the small waterholes along the Great Sandy Desert near my grandfathers country. The brown desert sand and the hills” – Bibianna Tumbler
Naku (canoes) were made traditionally from the bark of a particular tree and used for hunting. This sculpture depicts a Yolngu man painted in ceremonial ochre hunting for gumang (magpie geese) eggs.