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Rowena Peipei Skin name: Pitjantjatjara Year of birth: 1977 Rowena comes from the Great Victoria Desert region, southwest of Alice Springs and started painting under the guidance of her mother. Her paintings represent stories associated with women’s business and design elements associated with her country. Room 5103 Title: My Country Rowena painted her country, women conducting ceremonies and collecting bush foods. Samantha Daniels Napaljarri Skin name: Napaljarri Year of birth: 1980 Place of birth: Alice Springs Language: Pitjantjatjara / Luritja Samantha is a young and promising artist who grew up in Kaltakatjarra (Docker River), 250 km west of Uluru. She is granddaughter of Linda Syddick Napaltjarri, a Pintupi and Pitjantjatjara speaking Indigenous artist from the Western Desert region. Samantha now lives in Alice Springs with her husband and two young children. Room 5301 Title: Lake MacKay This story is about Mangari or bush food that Aboriginal women gather from the Lake MacKay area. The ‘U’ shapes represent ladies singing to the land for food sources to be plentiful. This ceremony comes prior to young men’s initiations that are symbolised by the upper and lower lines linking concentric circles called Tingari. 28 | THE LASSETERS COLLECTION
In these works, Samantha is depicting her grandmother’s country, Lake MacKay from a bird’s eye view. The Dreamtime story refers to Aboriginal women digging for bush potatoes and educating children, which are represented by the ‘U’ shapes throughout the painting. Room 5310 Title: Lake MacKay Room 5103 Title: Lake Mackay Room 5117 Title: My Grandmother’s Country These panel paintings depict Samantha’s grandmother’s land south of Lake MacKay. The women here are collecting and cooking bush food around the lake and also shows spears and fire. THE LASSETERS COLLECTION | 29
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Page 5 and 6: Damian & Yilpi Marks Damian Year of
Page 7 and 8: Doreen Dickson Skin name: Nakamarra
Page 9 and 10: Room 5114 Title: Ngapa Jukurrpa (Wa
Page 11 and 12: Gloria Petyarre Skin name: Temarre
Page 13 and 14: Jorna Newberry Year of birth: 1959
Page 15 and 16: Kim Butler Skin name: Naparrula Yea
Page 17 and 18: Room 5109 Title: Water Comes to Wal
Page 19 and 20: Mari Napurulla Skin name: Napurulla
Page 21 and 22: Room 5311 Title: Bush Medicine Leav
Page 23 and 24: Mervyn Rubuntja Skin name: Japanang
Page 25 and 26: Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri Skin name
Page 27: Room 5118 Title: Snake Dreaming The
Page 31 and 32: Thomas Tjapaltjarri Year of birth:
Page 33 and 34: Vanessa Inkamala Skin name: Naparru
Page 35 and 36: FEATURED ARTIST Kathleen Buzzacott

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