Artist: Hector Chundaloo Jandany | Title: Diawun | Year: 1997 | Medium: natural ochre and pigments on canvas | Dimensions: 90 x 120 cm
PROVENANCE
Warmun Traditional Artists
Kimberley Art Cat No. HC0038/97
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ARTWORK STORY
In the shade of the Boab trees here on Texas Downs cattle station, the artist and his countrymen traditionally make wax from spinifex grass for attaching spearheads to bamboo poles which grow abundantly nearby.
ARTIST PROFILE
COMMUNITY/ REGION
Turkey Creek (Warmun), East Kimberley Region, WA
LANGUAGE
Gija
BIOGRAPHY
At the time of his death in 2007, Hector Jandany was the oldest member of the Warmun artists, at Turkey Creek. His family history was littered with harrowing tales of persecution. Gadiya (white people) shot his grandfather and harmed his grandmother, who subsequently died in childbirth, and while Hector was still in infancy, his father also died in a confrontation with white people… Continue Reading
PROVENANCE
Warmun Traditional Artists
Kimberley Art Cat No. HC0038/97
PRICE
Enquire about this work.
ARTWORK STORY
In the shade of the Boab trees here on Texas Downs cattle station, the artist and his countrymen traditionally make wax from spinifex grass for attaching spearheads to bamboo poles which grow abundantly nearby.
ARTIST PROFILE
COMMUNITY/ REGION
Turkey Creek (Warmun), East Kimberley Region, WA
LANGUAGE
Gija
BIOGRAPHY
At the time of his death in 2007, Hector Jandany was the oldest member of the Warmun artists, at Turkey Creek. His family history was littered with harrowing tales of persecution. Gadiya (white people) shot his grandfather and harmed his grandmother, who subsequently died in childbirth, and while Hector was still in infancy, his father also died in a confrontation with white people… Continue Reading
PROVENANCE
Warmun Traditional Artists
Kimberley Art Cat No. HC0038/97
PRICE
Enquire about this work.
ARTWORK STORY
In the shade of the Boab trees here on Texas Downs cattle station, the artist and his countrymen traditionally make wax from spinifex grass for attaching spearheads to bamboo poles which grow abundantly nearby.
ARTIST PROFILE
COMMUNITY/ REGION
Turkey Creek (Warmun), East Kimberley Region, WA
LANGUAGE
Gija
BIOGRAPHY
At the time of his death in 2007, Hector Jandany was the oldest member of the Warmun artists, at Turkey Creek. His family history was littered with harrowing tales of persecution. Gadiya (white people) shot his grandfather and harmed his grandmother, who subsequently died in childbirth, and while Hector was still in infancy, his father also died in a confrontation with white people… Continue Reading