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Ngura walkumunu (Being in a good camp)

Pantjiti Mary McLean1995

Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT)

Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT)
Australia

There are waterholes with trees all around them. All the people are coming to drink water. Emus are hanging around the water. Kids are swimming and the mothers are waiting for the kids. A big dog with a pup that it left behind is chasing a wallaby and joey. Old people are sitting by the fire having a meeting. One old man is saying: "Come over here; we got to dance". There is a rockhole with dark water. Trees are thick around it. It is sundown time at a good camp. The earth is red in the Northern Territory. Lots of birds are sitting on flowers eating. Four dogs are fighting over a piece of meat and the kids who own the dogs are trying to stop their arguing. Ngura palya walkumunu.'—Pantitji Mary McLean © Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

Details

  • Title: Ngura walkumunu (Being in a good camp)
  • Creator: Pantjiti Mary McLean
  • Creator Lifespan: c. 1930
  • Creator Nationality: Australian
  • Creator Gender: Female
  • Date: 1995
  • Type: Painting
  • Rights: Purchased 1995, Telstra Collection, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory © licensed by the Artist
  • Medium: synthetic polymer paint on canvas
  • Geographical Region of Artist: Kalgoorlie, Docker River, Anangu, Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara Lands
  • Exhibition: 12th Telstra National Aboriginal Art Award 1995
  • Ethnic Language Group: Ngaanyatjarra
  • Dimensions: 174 x 179 cm
  • Collection: Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art
  • Award: Winner Telstra First Prize
  • Artist Ethnicity: Aboriginal

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