Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Kunawarritji Rockholes “These are the rockholes around Kunawarritji (Canning Stock Route Well 33). My mum [Jugarda Dulcie Gibbs] painted the same. It’s my father’s Country; he was born at Well 33. I’m painting Well 35, Kinyu, all the way to Well 38, Wajaparni. This is a big place for us. Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Flowers “I make a painting and it’s a wild bush flower, desert flower! And bush tucker. I do painting for bush tucker and wild flower.” – Danita Wise Depicted in this work are traditional types of bush tucker, their floral habitats, and their related hunting and gathering methods. During the pujiman (traditional, Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Kunawarritji Rockholes “These are the rockholes around Kunawarritji (Canning Stock Route Well 33). My mum [Jugarda Dulcie Gibbs] painted the same. It’s my father’s Country; he was born at Well 33. I’m painting Well 35, Kinyu, all the way to Well 38, Wajaparni. This is a big place for us. Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
111582257190
Kunawarritji Rockholes “These are the rockholes around Kunawarritji (Canning Stock Route Well 33). My mum [Jugarda Dulcie Gibbs] painted the same. It’s my father’s Country; he was born at Well 33. I’m painting Well 35, Kinyu, all the way to Well 38, Wajaparni. This is a big place for us. Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Kunawarritji Rockholes “These are the rockholes around Kunawarritji (Canning Stock Route Well 33). My mum [Jugarda Dulcie Gibbs] painted the same. It’s my father’s Country; he was born at Well 33. I’m painting Well 35, Kinyu, all the way to Well 38, Wajaparni. This is a big place for us. Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Puntawarri “We camped here, me, my husband, my kids, not far from Jigalong. The old people used to live here and work here. The road goes from Jigalong, past Puntawarri, and then [continues to] the Canning Stock Route. There is a waterhole here where the old bush people used to Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Untitled This is Dadda’s Country- her ‘ngurra’ (home Country, camp). People identify with their ngurra in terms of specific rights and responsibilities, and the possession of intimate knowledge of the physical and cultural properties of one’s Country. Painting ngurra, and in so doing sharing the Jukurrpa (Dreaming) stories and physical Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Yurl Yurl “This is my brother Dusty’s country, he was born here. It is my country too but I was born at Jigalong. This country is the otherside of Puntawarri – my mother told me stories about this place. It’s good country.” This painting depicts Yurl Yurl, located in the Read more…