Talk:Pintupi

Section "Pintupi kinship"
The terms skin group and skin name are introduced without definition. Does anyone know what they mean? What do they have to do with skin? David Spector (talk) 14:02, 25 March 2013 (UTC)


 * I received the following message from user Pwparker. I do not understand it. The article mentioned, Australian Aboriginal kinship, does indeed define "The subsection or 'skin name' system", but I do not understand this, either. It is as though the editors are so familiar with this topic that they have omitted a few words that would make it clear. This leaves many questions on the table: Who invented the skin system, anthropologists or native peoples? What does it have to do with a person's skin? What is a 'subsection'? What quality of a human being defines membership in a 'subsection'? David Spector (talk) 11:44, 26 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Kinship seems ok. Perhaps mention, then later detail second and third skin order marital preferences. Ken Hanson and Fred Myers can be mentioned/cited for their published work concerning Pintupi Kinship. (History remains a rather tinted view.)


 * See the Pintupi section on wiki: Australian_Aboriginal_kinship  BTW spellings of the terms used do vary greatly. Pwparker (talk) 01:53, 12 December 2015 (UTC)Pwparker


 * Bottom of page add link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_kinship

"Pintupi-Luritja kinship" (1979) authored by Hansen, Kenneth C. and Lesley E. Hansen

"Pintupi dictionary" compilers Hansen, Kenneth C. and Lesley E. Hansen

This Pintupi Dictionary includes terms related to kinship, and is available as PDF to download.

The Bardon Years?
There's no explanation in this article as to the significance of the name Bardon. Someone who knows, please add one. 81.155.198.137 (talk) 17:34, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

- - - - - - Hope this helps, not sure what to use.

First met Geoffrey Bardon when he returned 1976(?) to visit school, artists, community; Then various times and locations over years until his death.

Geoffrey Bardon, started the painting which became Papunya Tula Artists to assist the artists.

Geoffrey Bardon Wikipedia Geoffrey Bardon Wikipedia Papunya_Tula

Other: PDF Looking Back: The Story of a Collection. The Papunya Permanent Collection of Early Western Desert Paintings at the Australian Museum Author: Kate Khan

National Museum - Papunya Collection

Papunya Tula Artists Extract:  ″The Papunya Tula Art Movement began in 1971 when a school teacher, Geoffrey Bardon, encouraged some of the men to paint a blank school wall. The murals sparked off tremendous interest in the community and soon many men started painting. In 1972 the artists successfully established their own company.″

Daphne Williams provided long contribution which ensured survival and development of Papunya Tula Artits into what it is now.

Pwparker (talk) 19:58, 14 October 2016 (UTC)


 * I linked the title 'The Bardon years' to the article on Geoff Bardon and added the link under 'See also'. Dougg (talk) 06:03, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

My apologies to Dougg for my earlier errors above, corrected "Frank Bardon" by replacing with "Geoffrey Bardon". Two references may be useful (a) "Pintupi-Luritja kinship" (1979) authored by Hansen, Kenneth C. and Lesley E. Hansen (b) "Pintupi dictionary" compilers Hansen, Kenneth C. and Lesley E. Hansen   with PDF copy available to download. Pintupi Dictionary with English includes terms related to kinship Pwparker (talk) 06:20, 13 August 2017 (UTC)Pwparker


 * No worries Pwparker! Nice that you're here and active on this, hope you and family are all well!. cheers Dougg (talk) 04:08, 14 August 2017 (UTC)