Lot 11

Tjungu Palya, South Australia (accompanied by a certificate of authenticity)
Private collection, Adelaide

"This is Kuru Ala a sacred place for the Kungkarrakalpa (Seven Sisters' story). Kangkuru munu Malanypa nyinanyi (the older sister is sitting with her younger sister). They are sitting near the cave, they are living in. One man, wati Nyiiru, was watching all the young girls. He was trying to get one of the sisters to be his wife, but they didn't want that old man. The sisters were going into kuru Ala and they saw a quandong tree. They all rushed in for the quandongs. "This isn't really quandongs" they said after tasting them, "must be that wati Njiiru trying to trick us." They were running and hiding from him and ran into the cave. Nyiiru was a ngankari (magician) and he turned himself into many things, travelling above the ground and below it as he chased after the women."

As stated on the Tjungu Palya certificate of authenticity.