Uta Uta Tjangala b. c.1925

Also known as Uta Uta Jangala, Uta Uta Tjungala, Wuta Wuta Tjangala, Uata Uata Tjangala No 2
  • Gardener
Uta Uta was a gardener at the Papunya School, whose friendship with Geoffrey Bardon sparked off the involvement of a dozen other Pintupi men at the very beginning of the painting enterprise at Papunya. Uta Uta later emerged as the grand old man of Pintupi painting at Kintore.
Name
Uta Uta Tjangala
Also known as:
  • Uta Uta Jangala
  • Uta Uta Tjungala
  • Wuta Wuta Tjangala
  • Uata Uata Tjangala No 2
Gender
Male
Roles
Other Occupation
  • gardener (ANZSIC code: 7313) -
Birth date
c.1925
Death date
14 December 1990
Death place
Alice Springs Hospital, NT
Active Period
  • c.1925 - c.1990
Residence
  • - Muyinnga, west of Kintore, NT
Indigenous Australian
 
Dreaming
  • Carpet Snake
  • Emu
  • Old Man
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Pintupi
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary
Copyright
  • Papunya Tula Artists