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A senior woman in the Yuendumu community, and founder of the Warlpiri Women’s Museum at Yuendumu in the ’70s. In her 60s at the time this information was collected, she is/was a senior custodian of a Bird Dreaming which she often depicted in her paintings, as well as Water and Butterfly Dreamings. She is/was a close friend of Peggy Poulson , and the two often paint together. She had been doing carving and other kinds of crafts (e.g. seed necklaces and mats) for many years, selling through the Centre for Aboriginal Artists in Alice Springs, but when the opportunity arose in 1988, she began painting seriously. Her work was shown in the Centre’s exhibition at the Blaxland Galleries in the same year, and she has since painted a major commission for Telecom. She travelled back and forth between Alice Springs and Yuendumu, living in both places.

Writers:

Johnson, Vivien

Date written:

1994

Last updated:

2011