Tangentyere Artists

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Docker River Great Great grandfather went to Docker River. He sat down and saw a fire coming, bushfire, willy willy came, he go inside the water. Wanampi, the rainbow serpent, lives at the bottom. This is a story I heard. 

Kungkarangkalpa Seven Sisters’ travels of Central Australia. Wati Nyiru is a lust-filled shape shifting man who seeks to seduce the Seven Sisters and take them as his wives. But he is an untrustworthy tricky man and all the sisters are deeply afraid of him. They travel across the country locked Read more…

Wardapi Jukurrpa ‘This painting is about the way women hunt Wardapi – that sand goanna. He digs holes in the dunes, makes his nest deep inside. Many of the holes all join up. Women hunt Wardapi in the dunes by digging out the holes. Sometimes cover one, and Wardapi runs Read more…

Women Collecting Bush Food Women talking about collecting bush food – where the best places are and the best times, whether seasonal or dependent on rain events – All the women sit with their digging sticks and piti’s [coolamons] around the hearth to talk about these aspects of collecting bush Read more…

Status: Stock Tampe – Bread Bag Town Camp Designs is a 100% Aboriginal-owned initiative belonging to Tangentyere, Yarrenyty Arltere and Ewyenper Atwatye Artists. Through this purchase you are directly supporting Town Camp Artists to maintain and share stories about their culture, with all profit going towards artist fees and future projects. Read more…

Honey Ants This painting is about women digging for Honey Ants. They are sweet as sweet… but hard work to reach. People call them all sorts – Yerrampe, Tjupi, Agkwarle, Tjala… all one thing!

Kwerlpe Tjukurrpa This painting is about a Arrernte Wati [man] meeting an Arrernte mother and her daughters. The mother asks the Wati if he wants to marry her daughters because they are the right skin for each other. But that Wati said ‘I can’t – they are too young for me!’ Read more…

Tjintjantji to Murinji This painting shows a snake travelling from Tjitjantji to Murinji. Tjitjantji (concentric circle at the tail of the snake) is west of Kintore and there is a big hole there, lots of zebra finches and its in the desert on the other side of the snake. Murinji Read more…

Dog Dreaming, Mt Charlotte Dog Dreaming, Mt Charlotte down near Titjikala. The Hugh River runs through there. The circles are the waterholes in the middle of the riverbed. The river is really wide, but usually all dry on top, except for these special waterhole and the rocks and flowers. All Read more…