Lorna Napurrula Fencer, whose Aboriginal name is Yulyulu, was born in about 1925 at Yarturluyaturlu (The Granites), a Yam Dreaming site in the Tanami Desert. Her father’s country is Wapurtarli and she is the custodian of Yumurrpa, another important Yam…
“This painting is my totem and I am part of Galpu Clan. The painting is about the Wurrkadi. The Wurrkadi come out from the ground because they smell the yams or food (stingray in this story) and eat it. The…
Alma Webou is Yulparitja, a desert woman who moved to the saltwater country when she came out of the desert in the late 60’s. She paints her desert country with a saltwater palette as seen in this beautiful, bold painting…
Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency states on the certificate for this painting that Warkartu Cory Surprise titled this painting ‘Jilji this one, in the Great Sandy Desert, my country’. www.mangkaja.com/content/wakartu-cory-surprise goes on to say: Kumanjayi [deceased] Surprise was a highly regarded,…
“This one jilji warnti (sandhills) karra (east) from Japingka. We walked around hunting here for kirlka (sand goanna)” said Walka Molly Rogers. Purchased from Mangkaja Arts in Fitzroy Crossing in 2001, Walka Molly Rogers, (Circa 1929 – 2006), a Walmajarri…
Completed in October 1991, Arnhem Land artist Les Mirrikkurriya’s bark painting, shown above, describes the Rainbow Serpents ‘Borlung’ in action. Written on the Maningrida Arts Certificate of authenticity, attached reverse, is a precis of the image’s intriguing narrative. The Serpents, with…
Roy Wiggan is from the Bardi group in Western Australia. Ilma is a term that refers to open ceremonies performed by the Bardi people and the objects used in these ceremonies. The Bardi’s country is situated north of Broome on…