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Tjitji (children's) gathering place

 

Children's tjuupi (honey ant) trail

Explore ten art works from the Papunya Painting: Out of the Desert exhibition through our tjuupi (honey ant) trail.

The Papunya artists use different symbols to paint Dreaming stories.

These symbols include circles, journey lines and bird and animal tracks, and can have many meanings.

All works are copyright the artists or their estates and are licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency 2007. They must not be reproduced in any form without permission.



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Wanatjalnga, 1974, Charlie Tjaruru (Tarawa Tjungurrayi)

Wanatjalnga 1974 by Charlie Tjaruru (Tarawa) Tjungurrayi.

This is a story about a woman's journey in the Dreaming. As she travelled, she tracked birds.

Can you see small bird tracks?

Can you see emu tracks?

Circles can represent many things in Western Desert art, including a fire, a waterhole or a hill.

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