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Painting by Maureen Nampajimpa

Artist: Maureen Nampajimpa

Home: Mount Allan/Adelaide

Country of Story: Warlukurlongu

Size: 57 x 104 cm Date: 2003

Code: MNJ2 Price: SOLD

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Painting by Cassidy  Jabaldjardi

Artist: Cassidy Jabaldjardi

Home: Mount Allan/Napperby

Country of Story: Ngarlu

Size: 126 x 93 cm Date: 2001

Code: OC02 Price: SOLD

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Painting by Long Jack Phillipus

Artist: Long Jack Phillipus

Home: Papunya

Country of Story: Kalimpinpa

Size: 147 x 123 cm Date: 1995

Code: HR065 Price: SOLD

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Painting by Long Jack Phillipus

Artist: Long Jack Phillipus

Home: Papunya

Country of Story: Kalimpinpa (Detail)

Size: 260 x 120 cm Date: 1998

Code: LJ2 Price: SOLD

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Painting by Denny Jambajimba

Artist: Denny Jambajimba

Home: Mount Allan

Country of Story: Nyiripi

Size: 165 x 120 cm Date: 1990

Code: NY12 Price: SOLD

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Painting by Maureen Nampajimpa

Artist: Maureen Nampajimpa

Home: Mount Allan/Adelaide

Country of Story: Warri-Warri

Size: 56 x 104 cm Date: 2003

Code: MH2 Price: SOLD

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Painting by Maureen Nampajimpa

Artist: Maureen Nampajimpa

Home: Mount Allan/Adelaide

Country of Story: Mikanji

Size: 56 x 104 cm Date: 2003

Code: MH1 Price: SOLD

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Painting by Evelyn Nambajimba

Artist: Evelyn Nambajimba

Home: Mount Allan

Country of Story: Yuelamu

Size: 125 x 106 cm Date: 1996

Code: HR073 Price: SOLD

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Painting by Evelyn Nambajimba

Artist: Evelyn Nambajimba

Home: Mount Allan

Country of Story: Yuelamu

Size: 99 x 60 cm Date: 2008

Code: 99-8 Price: SOLD

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Painting by Maureen Nampajimpa

Artist: Maureen Nampajimpa

Home: Mount Allan/Adelaide

Country of Story: Warlukurlongu

Size: 60 x 75 cm Date: 2011

Code: MNFD Price: SOLD

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Maureen Nampajimpa

Artist: Maureen Nampajimpa

Home: Mount Allan/Adelaide

Language: Warlpiri

Date of Birth: 1959

Dreaming: Fire, water, watiya, wanu.

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Painting Symbols and Meanings


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Symbols in Aboriginal Art

These paintings depict an aerial view of the country, representing the lay of the land as created by ancestral beings during their journeys of creation. These ancestors are often a combination of animal-like creatures with human characteristics and frailties, and it is their adventures which have served to shape the landscape, while at the same time establishing the laws under which the Aboriginal societies operate. A typical and common story for example, is one of the taboo of any relationship between a man and his mother-in-law (or any woman who comes from the ‘skin’ group from where a mother-in-law is drawn). Any such relationship is followed by dire consequences in these ancient stories, and therefore to this day, it is forbidden for a man and his mother-in-law to communicate in any way whatsoever.

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