Artist: Judy Napangardi Watson | Title: Hairstring Dreaming | Year: 2000 | Medium: acrylic on canvas | Dimensions: 142 x 125 cm
PROVENANCE
Kimberley Australian Aboriginal Art Cat No. KA 0030
ARTIST PROFILE
COMMUNITY/REGION
Yuendumu, NT
LANGUAGE
Warlpiri
BIOGRAPHY
Born at Yarungkanji, Mt. Doreen Station, northwest of Alice Springs (c.1925), Judy grew up, travelling on foot with her family, hunting and collecting the bush tucker that sustained them, throughout the vast Warlpiri country that lies between the Tanami and Gibson deserts. Her traditional nomadic lifestyle came to an end however when the Warlpiri, like other desert tribes, were forced to live a bleaker and more constricting lifestyle in the new government settlement… Continue reading
PROVENANCE
Kimberley Australian Aboriginal Art Cat No. KA 0030
ARTIST PROFILE
COMMUNITY/REGION
Yuendumu, NT
LANGUAGE
Warlpiri
BIOGRAPHY
Born at Yarungkanji, Mt. Doreen Station, northwest of Alice Springs (c.1925), Judy grew up, travelling on foot with her family, hunting and collecting the bush tucker that sustained them, throughout the vast Warlpiri country that lies between the Tanami and Gibson deserts. Her traditional nomadic lifestyle came to an end however when the Warlpiri, like other desert tribes, were forced to live a bleaker and more constricting lifestyle in the new government settlement… Continue reading