Angkaliya Curtis
(born 1928)
NGURA WIRU, 2009
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, location and Tjungu Palya Arts cat. TPAC09163
87.5 x 112.5 cm
Estimate:
$2,000 - $3,000
Sold:
$2,945 (inc. BP)
© Angkaliya Curtis/Copyright Agency 2020
lot details
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, location and Tjungu Palya Arts cat. TPAC09163
Tjungu Palya Arts, Nyapari, South Australia
Maclean collection, Melbourne
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tjungu Palya Arts, Nyapari, South Australia which states: ‘This is the ngintaka (perentie) and the tjulpul (bird people). The birds are telling the perentie the Tjukurpa (creation stories). There is also a camel and a snake and lots of women sitting down. They have been out collecting bush foods. They are sitting with their wana (digging sticks).’
This item is located at our Melbourne Gallery