LILY NUNGARAYI HARGRAVES - TURKEY DREAMING

LILY NUNGARAYI HARGRAVES
TURKEY DREAMING,  2015
149 x 118 cm
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
 
REGION
Lajamanu, NT
 
PROVENANCE
Warnayaka Art, Lajamanu, NT
Cooee Art Leven, Sydney, NSW 
 
STORY
This dreaming tells about the bush turkey. It is a big bird that flies around from place to place searching for food. They eat insects. The men hunt for the turkeys with boomerangs. The men hunt together to catch the turkeys.
 
EXHIBITED
Kitty Napanangka Simon and the Ladies of Lajamanu, March 2020, Cooee Art Paddington
The Lajamanu Way, Cooee Art Paddington
Glurpunta: Fighting Spirit, September 2022, Cooee Art | Redfern
 
ARTIST PROFILE
LILY NUNGARAYI HARGRAVES