Swamps near Nyrripi A15247 George Tjungurrayi Angelina Ngale has depicted the

Angelina Ngale has depicted the women and children covered in body paint design as they sing and dance in ceremony with the witch doctor

is then used for bathing

Angelina had a deep love for her country and nature

ancestral women danced at Mina Mina and ‘karlangu’ (digging sticks) rose up out of the ground

Swamps near Nyrripi A15247 George Tjungurrayi Angelina Ngale has depicted theYear: 2008 Size: 40 x 90cm acrylic on linen Ngoia paints her fathers country, which is a sacred Warlpiri territory. The oval shapes represent the swamps and lakes near Nyirripi (Talarada) northwest of Mount Liebig west of Alice Springs in Central Australia. The fine detailed dots represent the water drying up and the cracks in the ground forming. This region is changed with the spiritual presence of the 'water snake' which lies beneath the surface.