Muntja Nungurrayai b. c.1930

Also known as Muntja Nungarrayi
  • Artist (Painter)
Kukatja/Wangkatjunka speaker and "boss woman" for the Wangkatjunka mob at Balgo (WA), her paintings reflect her authority in relation to matters of Law. She was married to leading Warlayirti artist, John Mosquito.
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Name
Muntja Nungurrayai
Also known as Muntja Nungarrayi
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
c.1930
Birth place
Tobin Lake, WA
Birth note
"in the bush" around this area.
Death date
1996
Death note
deceased, date supplied by Warlayirti Artists
Active Period
  • c.1986-
Residence
  • Balgo (Balgo Hill), WA
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Canning Stock Route, WA
Dreaming
  • Tingari
  • Dingo
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Wangkatjunka
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary
Copyright
  • Warlayirti Artists, Balgo, WA

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Copyright agents
  • Warlayirti Artists, Balgo, WA
  • Warlayirti Artists, Balgo, WA
Alternative names
  • Muntja Nungarrayi
  • Muntja Nungarrayi
Language groups
  • Wangkatjunka
Related person groups
  • Warlayirti Artists (associate of)
  • Warlayirti Artists (associate of)
Related collections
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
Field Changes
Biography
Date modified April 10, 2011, 10:08 p.m. April 10, 2011, 10:08 p.m.
Indigenous notes