Tutuma Tjapangati b. c.1915

Also known as Old Tutuma Japangardi
  • Artist (Painter)
One of the first Pintupi to own his own camels and one of the original Papunya Tula Artists, Tutuma was always eager to depict his Dreaming stories in a loose energetic style.
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Name
Tutuma Tjapangati
Also known as Old Tutuma Japangardi
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
c.1915
Birth place
Western Australia, WA
Death date
1987
Residence
  • c.1981 - c.1987 Walangkura (Kintore), NT
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Lake Hopkins, WA
  • Lake McDonald, WA
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Wenampa
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary
Copyright
  • Papunya Tula Artists

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  • Papunya Tula Artists
  • Papunya Tula Artists
Alternative names
  • Old Tutuma Japangardi
  • Old Tutuma Japangardi
Language groups
  • Wenampa
Related person groups
  • Papunya Tula Artists (associate of)
  • Papunya Tula Artists (associate of)
Related collections
  • Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
Related events
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
Field Changes
Biography
Initial contributors
  • Johnson, VivienNote: primary biographer
  • Johnson, Vivien Note: primary biographer
Date modified April 10, 2011, 10:57 p.m. April 10, 2011, 10:57 p.m.
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