Trephina Sultan Thanguwa

This work by Trephina is Kulu…

All the animal’s had a big meeting.

Who was going to carry the egg of life up to the universe. The Kulu was chosen.

When you see where the egg of life was carried

Meteorite has landed and dropped, split three ways.

This is our memory of the Kulu

And life began.

  • Kulu, 2006 © Trephina Sultan Thanguwa
    Kulu, 2006 (110 cm x 50 cm) © Trephina Sultan Thanguwa
Kulu, 2006 © Trephina Sultan Thanguwa

Footnote & References

  1. Meteoritics and cosmology among the Aboriginal cultures of Central Australia, Duane hamacher, University of Melbourne 2011, https://www.researchgate.net/figure/A-painting-describing-the-story-of-Kulu-the-meteorite-that-brought-life-to-earth-in_fig3_50251830
  2. Meteors, Meteorites, and Cosmology in Aboriginal Cultures of Central Australia, by Duane Hamacher, 4 April 2011, Australian Indigenous Astronomy, http://aboriginalastronomy.blogspot.com/2011/04/meteors-meteorites-and-cosmology-in.html
  3. On the Astronomical Knowledge and Traditions of Aboriginal Australians, by Duane Willis Hamacher II, http://www.aboriginalastronomy.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Hamacher-Thesis.pdf