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allCode: AGTW060900428
Artist: Tommy Watson
Area: Irrunytju
Community: Pitjantjatjara
Title: Kapi Piti Tjuta
Medium: Acrylic on Linen
Size: 200x120cm
Year: 2009
Framing: Stretched
Provenance: Certificate of Authenticity
Yannima Pikarli Tommy Watson was a senior Pitjantjatjara man and one of Australia’s most celebrated Aboriginal artists. Born near Anamarapiti, close to Irrunytju (Wingellina) in remote Western Australia, he was raised in a traditional, seminomadic lifestyle. Orphaned at a young age, he was adopted by Nicodemus Watson, and continued learning sacred culturallaw and survival knowledge.