Enkitung'At
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- Title Enkitung'At
- Category Painting
- Medium Batik
- Dimensions 22.75"h x 36"w
- Framed Dimensions 23.75"h x 37.25"w
- Year Completed 1999
- Notes Sironka’s work is a commentary on the Maasai, his people’s way of life. "Enkitung" is the Maasai word for cattle which translates as anxiety. It is the anxiety over cattle that robs the Maasai of his sleep.* When cattle or flocks are stolen, men in the community will organize themselves, within the shortest time possible and form a search party to pursue their adversaries'. Certain individuals have been known to excel in such endeavors and hence are never left out when Maasai men go out on this search, or "enkitung’at." *Irungu Ndirangu, “Artist to display batiks.” ARTSCENE. 1995. *Sironka, Nicholas. A Gift from God?: Batik Art on the Maasai Culture, 2000. [Whitworth University Library NK9503 .S57]
- Artist Nicholas Sironka Maasai, Kenya Fulbright Scholar (1999), Visiting Professor of Art (2000-2001) b. 1962
- Credit University purchase
- Location Dixon 2nd floor South Entrance
- Accession Number 1999.0018
- Status Checked Out
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