Sand dunes at Papunya 2007

HERMANNSBURG POTTERS - Pottery workshop
RONTJI, Lindy - Potter

Artwork Sand dunes at Papunya this artwork made of Hand-built terracotta clay with incised white slip beneath clear glaze, created in 2007-01-01

Accession No.: 2007.290
Date Created: 2007
Gallery location: Not on public display
Department: Indigenous Australian Art
Dimensions A: 25 x 21cm (diam.)
Media Category: Ceramic
Secondary Media Category: earthenware
Medium: Hand-built terracotta clay with incised white slip beneath clear glaze
Place Created: Hermannsburg, NT
Credit Line: Purchased 2007. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Grant

Lindy Rontji’s simply incised waved lines evoke the sandhills that form around the Papunya area, a part of Rontji’s country to the west of Hermannsburg. These sandhills feature on the western most edges of Arrernte country, in the desert areas beyond the monoliths of the Western MacDonnell Ranges.

Detail, Sand dunes at Papunya 2007 RONTJI, Lindy

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