Deutscher and Hackett

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, which reads in part: 'The lines in this painting depict the sandhills surrounding the claypan site known as Mamultjulkulnga, on the western side of Lake Mackay. After rain the claypan becomes a freshwater lake. In mythological times two Tingari Men of the Tjangala and Tjapaltjarri kinship subsections camped at this site. They gathered the seeds known as mungilypa or samphire from the small fleshy sub-shrub Tecticornia verrucosa. These seeds are ground into a paste which is cooked in the coals to form a type of unleavened bread.'