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Bai Bai Napangarti
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| Born | 1st July 1939 | |
| Location | Tjawa Tjawa (Pt Moody) | |
| Skin | Napangarti | |
| Language | Kukatja and Ngardi |
| Themes | ||
| Hair belt spinning story, echidna, crow, kangaroo, dingo, native cat and bush carrot | ||
| Waterholes and claypans | ||
| Snakes | ||
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| Bai Bai is a senior law woman of Balgo. Her country extends from Mangkayi in the Stansmore Ranges to just south of Yagga Yagga. Bai Bai has travelled extensively for cultural reasons, and in 1989 she danced at the Shinju Matsuri Festival in Perth. She spent her youth and early adult years travelling through her family's land learning traditional law and culture. | ||||
| She began to paint in 1986 in Balgo, and since then has introduced younger members of her family to painting. She has been involved in several publications including Yarrtji: Six women's stories from the Great Sandy Desert, 1997, Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, which was shortlisted for the NSW Premier's History Awards in 1998. Bai Bai is a long serving member of the Kimberley Land Council and a strong practitioner of women's law and culture in Balgo. Bai Bai was married to artist Sunfly Tjampitjin (now deceased). | ||||
| Collections | |
| Morven Estate Helen Read Collection Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth Berndt Museum of Anthropology, University of Western Australia National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne The Holmes á Court Collection, Perth Kluge-Ruhe Collection, USA Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Kelton Collection , USA Laverty Collection Ken Thompson and Pierre Marecaux Collection |
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| Bibliography | ||
| 1994 | Johnson, V., The Dictionary of Western Desert Artists, Craftsman House, East Roseville, NSW | |
| 1994 | Dream Journeys Calendar, image reproduction | |
| 1991 | Crumlin, R., (ed.), Aboriginal Art and Spirituality, Collins Dove, North Blackburn, Vic | |
| 1991 | Glowczewski, B., Yapa Peintres Aborigenes de Balgo et Lajamanu, Lebon Gallery, Paris, France | |
| 1989 | Stanton, J., Painting the Country: Contemporary Aboriginal Art from the Kimberley Region, WA, University of Western Australia Press, Perth | |
