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Click to enlargeb. 1977
- Region
- Kimberley
- Community
- Warmun (Turkey Creek)
- Language group
- Gija (Gidja, Kija, Kitja, Kidja, Loonga)
Loomagu Rocks, 2006
natural earth pigments and resins on linen
100 x 60 cm
$1,000
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- Provenance
- Narrangunny Art Traders, Wyndham, WA, Cat No. N2409ccar Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
- Exhibited
- Passing On Tradition - New and Old Kimberley, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, June 2010 Back to the Board, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, April 2007
- Artwork story
- Charlene grew up at Warmun/Turkey Creek in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia, and was exposed to ochre painting at an early age, being the daughter of well respected artists, Churchill Cann and Sadie Carrington. She grew up on Texas Downs cattle station. Sadie was mentored by some of the finest of the Texas Downs/Turkey Creek ochre painters including Queenie McKenzie, Jack Britten, her grandfathers Beerbee Mungnari and Hector Jandany, as well as Rover Thomas, and George Mung Mung.