Debra Nakamarra

Pintupi Language Group

Untitled

91 x 91cms

Ref No: DN0708108

This painting depicts designs associated with the rockholeand cave site of Tjintjintjin, just to the west of the Kintore community in Western Australia. The roundels and lines in the painting depict the geographical features in the area through which an old woman passed during her travels. At this site the woman knew of an ancestral kuniya (snake) that lived underground. She proceeded to dig a hole in search of the kuniya that lived underground, eventually locating it and killing it. She then cooked and ate it before continuing her travels east. During her travels she also gathered the edible berries known as kampurarrpa (desert raisin) . The smalle circles in the painting represent the kampurarrpa.