Works by the Warlpiri People of Lajamanu
In our country there is life supporting bush tucker. The old women teach the young how and where to find the tucker. The women also teach the young people when to collect the tucker so that it is the best food. This artwork shows a group of people around plants or a hole, and near them are yams and coolamons, or parraja in Warlpiri. They are wooden dishes we carried things in.
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In our country there is life supporting bush tucker. The old women teach the young how and where to find the tucker. The women also teach the young people when to collect the tucker so that it is the best food. This artwork shows a group of people around plants or a hole, and near them are yams and coolamons, or parraja in Warlpiri. They are wooden dishes we carried things in.
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Denise Napangardi is a Grandmother and Great Grandmother. Her family are deeply contected to Warnayaka Art as far back as the 1980s when Warlpiri here decided to sell art work in the commercial art market space. Denise has represented the art centre as a cultural knowledge holder in France, Poland and Germany. She has a big role in Lajamanu as a senior lady. She also works in Aged Care looking after the very old people in Lajamanu doing meals on wheels. On fleeting occasions she comes to paint at the art centre.
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