Puturlu Jukurrpaby Pamela Nangala Sampson

The Purlapurla Jukurrpa (Black Kite Dreaming) is centred on the Mount Dennison area near Yuendumu Community in Central Australia. This painting concerns a Purlapurla ancestral hero who lived there. Purlapurla flies high in the sky like the Wedge-Tailed Eagle and perches in the top of trees. The story relates an incident where he had injured his legs and was flying up and down. In the paintings of this Jukurrpa often the hero is indicated by a vertical line or lines in the painting. The Purlapurla Jukurrpa belongs to the Nungarrayi/Napaljarri women and the Jungarrayi and Japaljarri men.

Artist:Pamela Nangala Sampson
Title:Puturlu Jukurrpa
ID:767-15
Medium:Acrylic on Canvas
Size:30 x 30 cm
Region:Yuendumu, Central Australia

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Pamela Nangala Sampson comes from Yuendumu Community approximately 300km from Alice Springs in Central Australia. Pamela is a warlpiri woman who paints for Warlukurlangu Artist in Yuendumu. She paints the Puturlu Jukurrpa or Mount Theo Dreaming. She often uses traditional iconography and symbols to depict the Dreaming, the country and its elements.

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