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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Marie Mudgedell, Purrkitji, 2021

Marie Mudgedell Australian, Jaru, b. 1952

Purrkitji, 2021
acrylic on linen
121.9 x 61 cm
472-21
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In this painting, Marie tells the story of the land she grew up on. Purrkitji, Sturt Creek. The many circles depicts different swamps and billabongs where she would go as...
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In this painting, Marie tells the story of the land she grew up on. Purrkitji, Sturt Creek. The many circles depicts different swamps and billabongs where she would go as a child to collect pinanyi. This is a waterlily, you have to follow the root of the flower down into the mud to pull out a crisp and sweet tuber. The circle second from the top on the right is a very sad and important story, it is a massacre site. Where kartiya killed many Aboriginal people. The U shape at the bottom is a windbreak, wirriyiny in Jaru or wungku in kukatja. The old people used to make windbreaks to make shelter to sleep.
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