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Ceremony at M’Bunghara, Maryanne Raggett

Ceremony on M’Bunghara Creek. The country of M’Bunghara is depicted as a combination of creek and open desert. Maryanne’s ‘landscape’ is scattered with humpies, with people [indicated by U shapes] sitting down around fires [circles surrounded by U shapes], performing Ceremony. This Ceremony is open to all – men, women and children participating.

M’Bunghara, located on M’Bunghara Creek [known as Dashwood Creek] surrounded by Glen Helen Station, is where Maryanne was born to her mother Daisy Leura Nakamarra and father Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri. It is now home to a small Outstation Community of extended family, also called M’Bunghara.

Categories: Tangentyere Artists

Name: Maryanne Raggett Nungarrayi


Language: Luritja, Anmatyerr


Community: Alice Springs


Biography:

Maryanne has been painting a for long time, previously for Warumpi Arts and Papunya Tula. She has lived for a long time in Alice Springs. She learnt to paint from her mother Daisy Leura Nakamarra, and her father Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri, one of the founding Papunya men. Daisy, her mother was one of the first female painters of the Western Desert Art Movement. Both painted for Papunya Tula.

Maryanne lived at M'Bunghara Camp for many years before it was acquired and excised from the surrounding cattle station. She often recalls ceremony and big family groups coming together for holidays when she was a girl. She loves to paint the bush tucker from her Country.


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