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Budgerigar Dreaming
Artist: Dora Napaljarri Kitson
46 x 30 cm
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- Artist:Dora Napaljarri Kitson
- Title:Budgerigar Dreaming
- ID:5064/15
- Medium:Acrylic on Canvas
- Size:46 x 30 cm
- Region:Yuendumu, Central Australia
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Budgerigar Dreamingby Dora Napaljarri Kitson
The Jukurrpa site shown in this painting for Ngatjirri (budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulates) is at Yangarnmpi, south of Yuendumu in Central Australia. 'Ngatjirri' are small, bright green birds native to central Australia which are common around the Yuendumu area, especially after summer rains. Men would hunt for 'Ngatjirri' nests, robbing them of eggs and juvenile birds, which are both considered delicacies. The men would also go out for adult, flying 'ngatjarri' which hey would kill by swinging branches, killing sticks or 'Karli' (boomerangs) to hit the bird in flight. The 'ngatjarri' travelled to Yangarnmpi from Patirlirri, near Willowra to the east of Yuendumu and travelled further onto Marngangi, north/west of Mount Dennison and west of Yuendumu. Each time the flock of ancestral 'Ngatjirri' lands, they perform ceremonies, singing and dancing as they fly and roost in the trees. The sites of these ceremonies are depicted in this painting as concentric circles, while cross-like shapes depict the footprints of the bird on the ground and give an indication of the large flocks of 'Ngatjirri' that can be found near Yangarnmpi and other sites close to Yuendumu.
- Artist:Dora Napaljarri Kitson
- Title:Budgerigar Dreaming
- ID:5064/15
- Medium:Acrylic on Canvas
- Size:46 x 30 cm
- Region:Yuendumu, Central Australia
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Dora Napaljarri Kitson is a Warlpiri woman from Yuendumu Community approximately 300km from Alice Springs in Central Australia. She uses traditional iconography and symbols to depict her Dreaming which is Budgerigar. Her artworks typically use traditional ochre colours, dot work and symbols depicting the tracks of the Budgerigar on the ground.
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TITLE: Budigergar Dreaming
- ID: 5289-15
- Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
- Size: 46 x 46 cm
- Region: Yuendumu, Central Australia
- Artist: Dora Napaljarri Kitson
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TITLE: Budgerigar Dreaming
- ID: 5324-16
- Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
- Size: 46 x 30 cm
- Region: Yuendumu, Central Australia
- Artist: Dora Napaljarri Kitson
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- ID: 4500-18
- Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
- Size: 30 x 30 cm
- Region: Yuendumu, Central Australia
- Artist: Mickaela Napangardi Lankin
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