Rockhole site of Tjintjintjin

This painting depicts designs associated with the rock hole and cave site of Tjintintjin, just to the west of the Kintore Community in Western Australia. This site was visited by an old woman, Kutungka Napanangka, during her travels from Malparingya in the north-west. At this site, Kutungka knew of an ancestral kunia (snake) that lived underground and proceeded to dig a hole in search of the kuniya, eventually locating and killing it. She then cooked and ate it before continuing her travels east to Muruntji, south-west of Mt Liebig. At Muruntji she was accosted by one of a group of boys so she chased them and caught all but the culprit who managed to escape. She killed the others and cooked them in a fire. She then travelled to Kaltarra where she entered the earth.

Code: KN0709240
Artist: Kutungka Napanangka
Dimensions: 91 x 61 cm
Medium: synthetic polymer on canvas

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