Works by the Warlpiri People of Lajamanu
Paku paku is a bird that has a design on it’s chest coloured brown and when the bird stands it’s head goes up and down. Sometimes it looks around too.
When this bird sees or hears people it calls out and says “beat them, beat them!” (yarlijana pakaka, yarlijana pakaka!) in Warlpiri language. Warlpiri people tell the bird to go away when they hear that.
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Paku paku is a bird that has a design on it’s chest coloured brown and when the bird stands it’s head goes up and down. Sometimes it looks around too.
When this bird sees or hears people it calls out and says “beat them, beat them!” (yarlijana pakaka, yarlijana pakaka!) in Warlpiri language. Warlpiri people tell the bird to go away when they hear that.
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Mercia has painted at the art centre since 2009 when she lived in Lajamanu. Since then she now lives in Katherine but always visits family. When Mercia is here she paints at the art centre. Mercia paints the traditional stories or body of knowledge for Napurrurla skin. Diamond doves, snakes, seeds and the harvesting of grain and about where her family comes from – her country. Her art work is in the tradition of the central desert region of dots.
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