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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Jan Billycan, Kirriwirri

Jan Billycan Australian, Yulparitja, c.1930-2015

Kirriwirri
raw pigment on linen
90.5 x 61 cm
783609
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'This place is the birth place of my father's clan. Our clan is also named Kirriwirri, and call each individual members of this clan Kirriwirri. There is a a big...
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"This place is the birth place of my father's clan. Our clan is also named Kirriwirri, and call each individual members of this clan Kirriwirri. There is a a big warla (mud flat) at this place. This is what this painting is about." Kirriwirri is in the Great Sandy Desert close to and west of Well 33 on the Canning Stock Route. It is the birth place of Jan and her family. This work shows tali (sand dunes) and jila (living water).
Painted in 2007.
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