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2 unusual facts about Valerie Lynch Napaltjarri


Valerie Lynch Napaltjarri

'Napaljarri' (in Warlpiri) or 'Napaltjarri' (in Western Desert dialects) is a skin name, one of sixteen used to denote the subsections or subgroups in the kinship system of central Australian Indigenous people.

Her work was exhibited alongside that of other prominent Australian artists including Adam Cullen, John Coburn, Cherry Hood and Michael Nelson Jagamarra.



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