Kangaroo Tucker A2227 Narpula Scobie Napurrula Ngoia paints her father’s ancestral

Ngoia paints her father’s ancestral country

His paintings are literal and spiritual maps of the waterholes that kept his family alive for generations and also tell of the Tingari law for the Pintupi people

In mythological times

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ISBN - 978-1-925503-02-9

Kangaroo Tucker A2227 Narpula Scobie Napurrula Ngoia paints her father’s ancestralYear: 2002 Size: 128 x 51cm acrylic on linen This painting is Lornas depiction of Yipandari, a small shrubby ground cover that is loosely referred to as kangaroo tucker. With the rains the shrubs regenerate growing flowers, attracting the kangaroos which eat the foliage. The kangaroo is the largest game meat available to the Warlpiri people of the Tanami desert and is an important part of their diet. It is a highly sought after food staple.