Artist

Nancy Naninurra

Location

Warlayirti Artists

Language Groups

Warlpiri

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Nancy Naninurra
Warlpiri born c. 1934
Lumbanbardee 2004
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
120.0 x 80.0 cm
Private collection
© Nancy Naninurra/Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia

The artist depicts some of her country known as Lumbanbardee, which is located a little south of Balgo in the Great Sandy Desert.

Lumbanbardee contains a series of inta, or 'living water' places. These inta contain reliable drinking water, found in large rockholes, in country that is otherwise dominated by tali, or sand dunes.

The repeated lines of the painting are tali (sandhills). The brightly coloured sections represent an abundance of bushtucker including karnti (bush potato).