Alice Nampitjinpa

Tali (Sandhills) MK16714

Name: Tali (Sandhills) MK16714
Brand: Alice Nampitjinpa
SKU: mk16714
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Size: 90 x 120cm
acrylic on linen

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$27.00 per week (plus delivery & install costs)

This painting shows Alice’s depiction of Tali or Sandhills located in her country around Talaalpi, near the Western Australia and Northern Territory border.

Alice depicts her Tjukurrpa (Dreaming) and ancestral country with bold, colourful representations, incorporating the physical tracks, movements, and encounters of ancestral creators:

Her strong use of colours particularly yellow and red signify the ochre colours that are used in ceremonial body painting.

In this story there is porcupine scurrying about rock holes and hiding places looking for food while nearby the women are themselves hunting, lying in wait for the porcupine.

The porcupine is a native