Deutscher and Hackett

This work is accompanied by a certificate from Ernabella arts which states: ‘Kapi Tjukula are the places Dickie and his family used to find water as they travelled across the APY Lands in pre-contact times. Dickie was born in the western APY Lands, and with his family, journeyed east, and camped for many years in the foothills of the Musgrave Ranges around Ernabella where water was plentiful. He was living here when the missionaries came in on camels to try and find a suitable place to set up a mission for Pitjantjatjara Yankanyutjatjara people. He is one of the few living Anangu that remember first contact. The lines connecting the circles (tjukula) represent Dickie and his family’s journey.’