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Love Story
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CLIFFORD POSSUM TJAPALTJARRI

This is the tale of incestuous lust and the magical spells cast by an old Tjungurrayi man called Lintipilinti in order to seduce a woman of the wrong skin. To achieve this elicit end, Lintipilinti uses sacred songs and a hairstring spindle that he made from his own hair and a pair of thin sticks. The man is depicted as a large U shape with a club that he carries beside him. The club has multiple meanings in the sacred version of this mythology, yet even in the public version, it is menacing. The object of his desire is a wrong-skinned Napangardi woman who is travelling from Yuelamu (Mount Allen) looking for the native sugar that is found in abundance on Eucalyptus leaves where it is deposited by small flying ants. The woman does not realise until too late that she is being stalked by the Tungurrayi who is telepathically calling her to him while using ritual paraphernalia and a sacred ground painting. Overcome by lust the Tjugurrayai man drops the hair string that he is braiding and it scatters like love on the wind. A whirlwind blows in an attempt to destroy his love magic but it is to no avail. Though she is a strictly forbidden sexual partner, Lintipilinti shows no concern. Eventually, he will be punished at another place for his indiscretion. But this part of the narrative takes place at Ngarlu (Red Hill) where a small oval shaped rockhole water source is found , seen nestling in the U representing Lintipilinti. If prospective lovers drink from the well it is said to have a powerful effect upon them.
ID: KFA2233370

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Dimensions: 750mm round

Medium: Synthetic Polymer Paints on Belgian Linen

Stretching Status: Stretched

$8,800.00 AUD

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