Women collecting Watiyawarnu (Acacia tenuissima). Back at camp after collecting the seeds they make large windbreaks for shelter and winnow the seed in the late afternoon. Immature watiyawarnu seed is ground into a paste and can be used to treat upset stomachs. There is an important ceremony for this Tjukurrpa.
Name: Isobelle Spencer Napaljarri
Language: Warlpiri
Biography:
Born in Yuendumu in 1953, Isobelle was born profoundly mute, and her sisters Winkie (born 1960), and April (born 1966) act as her translators. She lives Alice Springs, along with her sisters, and enjoys painting having learned from her brother, famous painter and NT police officer, Andrew Spencer Japaljarri, who passed away in 2015. The sisters' father, Walpajirri Jungarrayi, also called Jimmy Spencer, was a senior Law Man for Yarripilangu Karrinyarra, and an early Yuendumu artist.
Apart from the Wardapi [Goanna] Tjukurrpa that travels a long way south from Yarri pirlangku, her father’s country, she also paints Pamapardu [Flying Ant] Tjukurrpa, which is about Flying Ants emerging after rain, from her mother’s country near Nyirripi, as well as Emu Jukurrpa, and various other Bush Tucker Jukurrpa.
Isobelle paints in the classic Warlpiri style, and before joining Tangentyere Artists, sold most of her works through Jukurrpa artists’ co-operative.
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Mary and Joseph approaching Bethlehem. Mary and Joseph traveling to Bethlehem for the census. Bethlehem was also known as the City of David and Joseph was a descendant of David.