Janie Nakamarra Peters b. c.1955

Also known as Kumunjayi
  • Artist (Painter)
Started painting in 1987 and worked as an assistant teacher at the Lajamanu school.
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Name
Janie Nakamarra Peters
Also known as Kumunjayi
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • assistant teacher, Lajamanu School
Birth date
c.1955
Birth place
Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Yuendumu, NT
Death date
Death note
Deceased, information supplied by Lynette Tasman Napangardi
Active Period
  • c.1987 - c.2006
Residence
  • Lajamanu, NT
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Yarturlu-yarturlu
Dreaming
  • Wampana
  • Lakijirri (sticky grass)
  • Janganjpa (possum)
  • Ngurlu
  • Yawakiyi
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary

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