75 AM 6946/10
Wumali Joan Nagomara Nurududu 2010
Acrylic on linen 1000 x 500mm SOLD
This painting describes a time when Wumali (Eva) was a young girl and used to play in her grandmother's country, which is
south of Lake Mackay. This painting depicts the country with the sandhills (long parallel lines), claypans (long oblong
shapes), rocks (small round circles), and bodies of water (which are now dry). Wumali describes this country as special
because it is where different groups of people would come for ceremonies. For up to 3 months at a time people from
across the Central Desert - Kiwikurra, Kintore, Yagga Yagga and Balgo would gather, dance, eat mangarri (food) and
generally celebrate together. They would use the rocks to grind seeds to make damper, the red, white motif is people
making fire. The painting has a central circle which represents all these different groups coming together.