Liddy Nakamarra Herbert b. c.1929

Also known as Kumunjayi
  • Artist (Painter)
Warlpiri artist from Lajamanu (NT). Her work is in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria.
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Born Yirninjarra c.1929 and lived at Lajamanu. Warlpiri tribe and speaker – she had only a few words of English. Her country was Yirninjarra and her Dreamings were Pirlarla (which the artist glossed as 'two women make fire’ [Pirlarla are bush beans – this may be a reference to when the women burn holes in those beans for making necklaces. PG & LC]) and Manalya ('Snake’ – possibly referring to a particular type or species). She started painting in 1986 in the Traditional Painting course at Lajamanu.

Writers:
Johnson, Vivien
Date written:
1994
Last updated:
2011

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Related collections
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)