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Trinket jewellery hand made by Martumili Artists using beads, wood and found bush nuts.
Name: Sarafina Jarrabina Dickie
Biography:
I born in Perth, but I grew up most in Jigalong with my family, the Sailors. Three sisters, three golden girls- Brenda, Julie, and Elisabeth, with Chrissy, Alistair and Terry. They in Perth now, but Terry still there in Jigalong. I go back there sometimes, stay there, camp there, but I live in Newman now.
My grandmother, Lorna Mintern, learn me to do painting and to make a basket when I was young- me and Corban [Clause Williams]. We grew up with Lorna, she teach us how to make a basket together.
Long time [ago] I was working with the artists and Gabrielle [Martumili’s first manager], with the old people, doing the baskets and painting before we moved into the new gallery [in 2016]. I’d ride around with her to the different communities, we’d go to the bush to get grass for the baskets. That was a long time ago, I was maybe eighteen.
I come here every day now. I like to do painting about my countryside- next to Parnngurr, other side. That’s my countryside through my pop’s side.
Pangkapirni Pangkapirni is a very significant place to the Artist. This is her Ngurra (home) country where she lived and travelled throughout the Pujiman (bush) days with her family. It is not far from the Read more…
Jartuti “Jartuti water place east of Parnngurr. In pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) days old people walked and hunted there, we went there recently with KJ (Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa) ranger mob, lovely place.” – Beverley Rogers Jartuti is Read more…
Bush Medicine Traditional Martu knowledge of plant properties was encyclopedic, and saw plants used for purposes as diverse as food resources, carving implements, tobacco, firewood, shelter construction, and bush medicines. Depicted in this work are Read more…