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  • Aboriginal Artwork by Rowena Nelson, Ninuku Tjukurpa, 61x61cm
  • Aboriginal Artwork by Rowena Nelson, Ninuku Tjukurpa, 61x61cm
  • Aboriginal Artwork by Rowena Nelson, Ninuku Tjukurpa, 61x61cm
  • Aboriginal Artwork by Rowena Nelson, Ninuku Tjukurpa, 61x61cm

Rowena Nelson, Ninuku Tjukurpa, 61x61cm

This is the dreamtime story about the bilby woman and her two little boys..
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  • Aboriginal Artist - Rowena Nelson
  • Community - Pipalyatjara
  • Aboriginal Art Centre - Ninuku Arts
  • Catalogue number - 24-114
  • Materials - Professional artist acrylic on heavy weight canvas 
  • Size(cm) - H61 W61 D2  
  • Postage variants - Artwork posted un-stretched and rolled for safe shipping
  • Orientation - Painted from all sides and OK to hang as wished
Tjukurpa minyma ninu palampa tjitji kutjara (this is the dreamtime story about the bilby woman and her two little boys). This is the story for Kalka. That minyma ninu (bilby woman) and her family were eating all the maku (witchetty grubs). There are a lot of different maku, tjilka-tjilka, punti, ngarkalya and kanturangu. She ate so much that there were only ngingirpa left (little immature ones). The wati mututa (ant men) got really angry and they chased the Bilby family, husband, wife and kids and speared them. They finished off close to Pipalytjara at Iririiriri.

Rowena is the daughter of the established and successful artist, Angkaliya Nelson. She has recently taken up painting, in 2022, under Angkaliya's training. Rowena was born in Pipalyatjara where she lives with her family and husband, Terry Ward.

Aṉangu Art from the Western APY Lands

Aṉangu Art from the Western APY Lands

This artwork comes from Ninuku Arts in the remote communities of Kalka and Pipalyatjara in north-west South Australia. Artists live and work on Country in the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, where painting remains closely connected to family, culture and daily life.

— Image: Kalka Community, South Australia

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