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EUBENA NAMPITJIN 1921 - 2013, MINDIKI KARU, 2002, synthetic polymer paint on linen SIGNED: inscribed verso: artist's name, size and Warlayirti Artists cat. WA 485/02 DIMENSIONS: 119.5 x 79.0 cm EXHIBITED: Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, June 2002 PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs (stamped verso) Private collection, Sydney ESSAY: This painting is accompanied by certificate of authenticity from Warlayirti Artists which states: 'Eubena has painted some of her traditional country, which is far to the south west of Balgo. This is hilly country east of Kunawarritji called Mindiki Karu, along the middle and upper stretches of the Canning Stock Route. The majority of the painting shows the tali, or sand dunes which dominate the landscape of the area. Kunawarritji is also known as Well 33 which is a vital water source that the people used as they travelled through this country hunting. The painting depicts two tjurrnu or soakwaters which are important places for the spirit dogs, Kinyu. Eubena says that the spirit dogs were jealous for the tjurrnu and used to eat the people who would try and drink from them. Only Eubena's people could drink from these tjurrnu. At the top of the painting hills where Eubena used to sleep as a young girl have been depicted.'