Tingari MK18054 Walala Tjapaltjarri Eldee A3941

Eldee A3941

These berries can be eaten straight from the bush but are sometimes ground into a paste and cooled in the coals to form a type of damper

This painting shows Ningura’s depiction of ‘Wirrulnga’

The oval shapes represent the swamps and lakes near Nyirripi (Talarada) northwest of Mount Liebig west of Alice Springs in Central Australia

The designs often represent ceremonial body paint patterns

Tingari MK18054 Walala Tjapaltjarri Eldee A3941Annual Rental: $12 per week (excl. delivery & install) Size: 60 x 120cm acrylic on linen In 1984 Walala Tjapaltjarri was amongst a small group of Pintupi who walked out of the desert and had contact with western civilisation for the first time. The group became known as the Pintupi Nine