Carlene Thompson Pitjantjatjara, b. 1950
Maṉngu - Bird's Nest, 2024
Stoneware
47 x 23.5 cm
18 1/2 x 9 1/4 in
18 1/2 x 9 1/4 in
$ 3,800.00
I am always telling the story of my father’s country, a place called Kanpi. I am drawing the tjulpu (birds) and ngura (country). The tjulpu makes a circle in the...
I am always telling the story of my father’s country, a place called Kanpi. I am drawing the tjulpu (birds) and ngura (country). The tjulpu makes a circle in the sand for a maṉngu (nest). The nest holds the whole family. These rings on the ceramics are the circles the tjulpu make on the ground.
Provenance
Ernabella Arts 201C-24Courtesy Everywhen Art
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