Description

Aboriginal art – Baby Blanket Swaddle – Liddy Walker

As a baby’s delicate skin requires delicate care, our organic cotton swaddle blankets are made from the highest grade, luxuriously soft and organic cotton fabric.

Each swaddle is an extra large size so it can grow with the baby.

Information on the artist and design are provided on the cardboard swing tag.

Dimensions: 100 x 110cm

Artwork

Artwork Based on the story, Wakirlpirri.

Wakirlpirri is a very useful tree that grows on the sides of creek beds and near mulga trees. The seeds of this tree can be eaten raw or cooked on the fire. A deliciously sweet drink called yinjirrpi is made from the seeds when they have been dried. The wood can be used to make weapons such as karli (boomerangs) and dancing boards for ceremonies.

The Artist

Liddy Napanangka Walker was born at Mt Doreen around 1925. She lived in the community of Yuendumu, 300km northwest of Alice Springs in Central Australia. Liddy started painting on canvas not long after Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Association’s established in the mid 1980’s and she was one of its most senior members. Liddy Walker paints her father, Japangardi’s and her grandfather’s Dreaming. Mt Theo is her father’s country and she paints bush tomato, goanna, seed pods, bush potato and hopping mouse stories.

Her works have gained widespread recognition, featuring in exhibitions across Australia and internationally. Liddy has been showcased in renowned institutions such as the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra and the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney. Her art is also part of numerous private collections, admired for its authenticity and cultural significance.

Established in 1985 Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation is a not-for-profit organisation that is 100% Aboriginal-owned by its artists from the remote desert communities of Yuendumu and Nyirripi in Central Australia.

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