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Birthdate: ca. 1929
Language Group: Kukatja, Pintupi
Until the middle of the 1940s, Tjumpo Tjapanangka lived at various places in the Great Sandy Desert. Then he moved to Wirrimanu (Balgo), where he is today a highly respected leader in Aboriginal-Lay and tradition as well as a Maparn (healer using traditional medicines) and is very active in the ceremonial life of the community. He began to paint in 1986 and has taken part in many group exhibitions since 1987.
Paintings
(No. 222) (Sold)Bibarr, 2000
Acrylic on linen, 179,5 x 120 cm
Depicted here is some country to the south of Balgo, which is known as Bibarr. Bibarr is an important men´s law place, and a stopping point on the Tingari Cycle of desert law. The series of circles represent the series of waniri, or rockholes that are found here; these rockholes are known as inda, or living water, as they always contain good water. The two small red shapes are the places where red ochre is found, which is used for many ceremonial purposes. The small, black arch shapes are men sitting by certain of the waniri, gathered there for "jarlu law", or big law.
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