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Helicopter Tjungurrayi Australian, Kukatja / Wangkajunga, b. 1947
Wangartu, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
120 x 40 cm
841615
Helicopter has painted some of his country south of Balgo, in the Great Sandy Desert. This country is named Wangkartu after the tjurrnu (soakwater) in this country. This is the...
Helicopter has painted some of his country south of Balgo, in the Great Sandy Desert. This country is named Wangkartu after the tjurrnu (soakwater) in this country. This is the country where Helicopter was born. The dots are bush tucker; fruit trees, apple trees. Mangarri (food).