Katjarra Butler

Tjaparru - Katjarra

2023

CAT
23-93
Acrylic on canvas
55.5
91
55.5
cm
Dimensions variable

Framed

2230
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for set of
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The Tjukurrpa at Tjaparru goes that the Tjukurrpa lady Kutungu was hungry and came from the West to Tjaparru looking for food. When she arrived she sat down and made damper. She mistakenly made the damper out of spinifex resin, instead of damper seeds. She consumed the spinifex resin while it was still hot, thinking it was damper. To her dismay the resin got stuck inside her. It would not move, causing Kutungu to lay down. She was sick and in pain for a long time.

Eventually Kutungu pushed out the resin in hard little balls, which look like kangaroo droppings. This poo is called mutjul. These mutjul are still at Tjaparru in the form of rocks, they are scattered all over the site. Once she recovered and still hungry Kutungu stormed off to Papuun.

Courtesy of Tjarlirli Art