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Lucy Yukenbarri
Winpurpurla, 2004

Winpurpurla

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Lithograph printed in maroon ink, from one plate.
Edition: 8/40
55.5 × 76.5cm (sheet)
Printed by Martin King, Australian Print Workshop, Naarm/Melbourne.

Published by Warlayirti Artists

 

Lucy has depicted some of her grandmother's country which is located far to the south of Balgo, in the Great Sandy Desert. This print features some of the country around a tjurnnu, or soakwater called Winpurpurla. Winpurpurla is an inta, or 'living water' place in that it always has good water. The Tjukurrpa (DreamƟme) story for this country tells of some ancestral women of the Nungurrayi, Nampitjin and Napangardi skin groups who came to camp at Winpurpula. These ancestral women made a fire close to the water, and started dancing a secret/sacred dance. The dancing went all night aŌer which they started walking a long way west. The woman came to Winpurpurla to collect some of the special food that grows here, in parƟcular the murlanpa, a flower harvested from the "sugar tree", which is eaten raw and is a great delicacy.

 
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Lucy was a respected senior custodian with a vast knowledge of the waterholes in the Great Sandy Desert.  She began painting in 1989. She concentrated on painting the soaks and rock holes of her country, also the numerous types of bush food including Kantilli (bush raisins) and Pura (bush tomato).  Lucy held many ceremonial responsibilities in the keeping of traditional law.

 
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