'Tjunyinkya', painted by Johnnie Scobie Tjapanangka and Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula, 1977

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Type: Paintings
Date: 1977
Place: Papunya, Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia; Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
Materials: Linen, Paint - non specific
Collection: Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2
Accession number: AAB/78/7020

Description

A painting on Belgian linen. The painting consists of a large field of concentric circles and U-shapes with wavy diagonal lines over a multi-coloured background of dark umber and black dots together with cream, red and yellow ochres.

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