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Doris Nangala Jackson

Doris Nangala Jackson
Title
Doris Nangala Jackson
Dimensions
61 × 46 cm
Region
Central Desert

Provenance and context of painting

• Artist: Doris Jackson
• Skin name: Nangala
• Jukurrpa: Umari Jukurrpa (Umari Dreaming)
• Catalogue number: 311/04
• Canvas size: 61 × 46 cm
• Art centre: Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Association, Yuendumu, Northern Territory
• Certificate authenticated: 13 September 2006
• The documented site for this Jukurrpa is Umari, a collection of rocks west of Kintore in the Great Sandy Desert, Country belonging to the Pintupi people.
• The certificate records a taboo love-union at Umari between a Jakamarra man and a Nangala woman, his skin mother.
• The painting shows Jakamarra making weapons.
• The work is accompanied by its original Warlukurlangu Artists documentation, providing a direct record of the artist, Jukurrpa and cultural context of the painting.

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