The Lasseters Collection - Lasseters Hotel Casino
The Lasseters Collection - Lasseters Hotel Casino
The Lasseters Collection - Lasseters Hotel Casino
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
Tanya Corby<br />
Skin name: Nungarrayi<br />
Year of birth: 1961<br />
Language: Luritja<br />
In these simple and powerful works, Tanya refers to the young men’s initiation ceremonies that were<br />
carried out by ancestral beings called ‘Tingari’. Women dance at the start of this ceremony but have<br />
to leave the ceremonial ground for initiated men who perform secret songs and dances.<br />
Room 5104 Title: Kunatjarra - Desert Country<br />
Room 5303 Title: <strong>The</strong> Tingari Men<br />
30 | THE LASSETERS COLLECTION