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Biddee Baadjo

1 AM 4307/06
Biddee Baadjo Jawirrpa 2003 Acrylic on linen 760 x 990mm SOLD
Jawirrpa is the name of the main Waterhole in the Artist’s country of birth. When she was a baby she was
taken by an eagle, but her mother ran after the eagle and it dropped Biddee.
Jawirrpa artists home/birth country. Jawirripa Womens camp. Waterholes all around big one. All the
women with Coolamon, they carry their baby. Biddee caught by an eagle in the Spinifex. Father hunting. Biddee
was a baby grabbed by an eagle, grabbed by the hair. Mother ran after, eagle dropped Biddee in the Spinifex
country Mother found her crying. Living water waterhole and rock hole (jumu). Old man in the Dreamtime, he
dig them. Luurnki - witchetty grub all around.

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