Tjinkuma Wells

Women are meeting in different places talking about a lot of different things. Minyma tjuta tjunguringkaupai, muna tjana wankapai, kutjupa kutjupa tjuta. Talking about a lot of different things. Tjukula tjuta ngarinyi. Lots of rockholes irititja minima tjuta tjunguringu munu tjana wankara kulipai. Long time ago many women, they talked and listened to each other. Tjinkuma is influenced stylistically by Milpatjunany – drawing in the sand, which is a way of passing on traditional knowledge about law and culture as well as about country. Survival meant knowing and understanding every aspect of living off the land and in particular the food and water sources. Visual representation through sand drawings gave clarity to the stories through images.