Norah Napanangka b. c.1945

  • Artist (Painter)
Commenced painting in the 1980s on boards from the community store. She paints Dreaming designs inherited from her father and great great grandfather.
Name
Norah Napanangka
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
c.1945
Birth place
Willowra, NT
Active Period
  • c.1986-
Residence
  • Willowra, NT
Training
  • learnt to paint from other members of her family
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Mt Theo, NT
  • Ngarnalkurru (Little Sandy River), NT
Dreaming
  • Bush Onion (yalka)
  • Bush Beans (malpa)
  • Bush Raisin (yakajirri)
  • Bush Tomato (wanakiji)
  • Goanna
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Anmatyerre
  • Warlpiri
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary