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Elizabeth Nyumi Nungurrayi Parwalla 2002
Acrylic on linen 1500 x 1000mm SOLD
This painting depicts the country of Elizabeth's father. This country is known as Parwalla and is located far to
the south of Balgo in the Great Sandy Desert, west of the community of Kiwirrkurra. The landscape of the area
is dominated by tali, or sand dunes. The Parwalla area is a swampy area, filling a huge area with water after the
wet season rain. These wet season rains result in an abundance of good bush tucker. The majority of the
painting shows the different bush foods, including kantjili, or bush raisin, and minyili. Women, the U shapes,
with their wana (digging sticks) and coolamons are also depicted. The white colour, which dominates the
painting represents the spinifex which grows strong and seeds after the wet season rains. These seeds are
white in colour, and grow so thickly they obscure the ground and other plants below.