Jennie Nampijinpa Hargraves b. c.1962

Also known as Jennie Nampijinpa Birrell, Kumunjayi
  • Artist (Painter)
Warlpiri artist who lived in Lajamanu (NT). She often worked with her mother Lily Hargraves Nungarrayi.
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Born at Yuendumu c.1962, her language and tribe was Warlpiri and she lived at Lajamanu. Pirlinyanu was her country. Her main Dreaming was Ngapa (Water). She also painted Dreamings for the site of Kunajarrayi, for which she was kurdungurlu (manager, guardian) rather than owner, also Wanakiji (Bush Tomato), Yarla (Yam), Warna (Snake) and Laju (Witchetty Grub). She worked with her mother, Lily Hargraves Nungarrayi , and started painting in 1987.

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1994
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2011

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