PATSY ANGUBURRA LULPUNDA, Four Wandjina Birds, 2000

PATSY ANGUBURRA LULPUNDA Worrorra language, c.1898 - 2000 Four Wandjina Birds, 2000 ochre on canvas 72 x 72 cm bears inscription verso: Anguburra - 4 Wandjina birds; Cooee Art label; NM4815 PROVENANCE Created at the Pensioner Unit, Warmun Community, Western Australia, Cat No. NM4815 Art Mob, Tasmania, Cat No. AM15152 Cooee Art, Indigenous Fine Art Auction, Sydney, 27 November 2018, Lot 2 Private Collection, New South Wales ILLUSTRATED Vaughan, D. and Adam, L., 2022, Everywhere, Everywhen: Art, Artists, Stories of the Kimberley, Arnhem Land and the southern plains, Circa, Melbourne, Victoria, p.80 Patsy Lulpunda, also known by her Wororra name Anguburra, was a senior Wororra woman whose life spanned a period of profound cultural and social change in the Kimberley. Her name, Anguburra, refers to a native honeybee renowned for producing particularly sweet honey. During the final decade of her life, Lulpunda lived on the Prince Regent River near Mowanjum, where she continued to make traditional objects including hair belts and stone axes. Remarkably, Lulpunda did not begin painting until she was around 100 years old. Her first works were created in 1998 while visiting renowned Kimberley artist, custodian and storyteller Jack Dale, during a painting workshop at his home. She subsequently participated in several workshops with Dale, producing a small and distinctive body of work before her death at approximately 102 years of age. Born at a time when Wororra cultural life remained largely beyond European influence, Lulpunda carried knowledge and experience spanning generations. Her rare paintings stand as an important record of this extraordinary life and her enduring connection to Wororra Country and culture. © PATSY ANGUBURRA LULPUNDA / Copyright Agency, 2026

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