Click to enlargeb. c.1940 / c.1943
- Region
- Central Desert & Tanami
- Community
- Lajamanu
- Language group
- Warlpiri
Ngalupi (Bush Vine)
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
110 x 130 cm
$1,200
- Provenance
- Warnayaka Art Centre, Lajamanu, NT, Cat No. BRS/173 Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
- Artwork story
- The wild bush vine is the artist's totem and clan design. It is shown in this painting meandering across the ground from the place at which it takes root. Women (U) are shown at the bottom of the painting with their coolamons collecting the fruit.