Laka, 2002

synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

80 x 80 cm

$2,200

Provenance: Warlayirti Artists, Balgo, NT Private Collection NSW Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
Exhibited: Talisman Gallery, February 2007 Re-Collected, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, May 2013 Balgo Past and Present, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, 1 March – 13 April 2014
Artwork story: This painting is from Rosie's mother country. This country is known as laka and is located south of Yagga Yagga community in the Great Sandy Desert. In the centre of the painting two prominent waniri (rockholes) has been depicted. The strong parallel lines depict a claypan. This is good country for collecting karnti (bush potato) and tjirripadja (Bush carrot).

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c.1935 – 2004

synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

80 x 80 cm

$2,200

Provenance: Warlayirti Artists, Balgo, NT Private Collection NSW Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
Exhibited: Talisman Gallery, February 2007 Re-Collected, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, May 2013 Balgo Past and Present, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, 1 March – 13 April 2014
Artwork story: This painting is from Rosie's mother country. This country is known as laka and is located south of Yagga Yagga community in the Great Sandy Desert. In the centre of the painting two prominent waniri (rockholes) has been depicted. The strong parallel lines depict a claypan. This is good country for collecting karnti (bush potato) and tjirripadja (Bush carrot).