Ted Egan Jangala 1940 - 2011

Commissioned by Arnaud Serval in Alice Springs, Northern Territory in 2004

Private Collection, France

WAMULU, Ted Egan Tajangal, Dinny Nolan Tjampitjinpa, Johnny Possum Tjapaltjari, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, 2 March - 2 April 2005

Overall appears in good and stable condition, with no repairs or restorations. Small area of missing warmulu, approximately 20cm to the left of the right hand bottom corner - triangular area approximately 10x15mm.
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Ted Egan Tjangala comes from the Yuendemu region of the Northern Territory and his language group is Warlpiri. He worked for twenty-five years as a renowned police tracker and was a senior lawman and guardian of his culture. As the co-founder of the Janganpa dance and theatre group he travelled extensively within Australia and internationally. In 2002, Tjangala travelled to Paris to construct a ground painting for the exhibition 'Wati'.

Tjangala was a senior custodian of the Emu Dreaming. The story depicted in this artwork illustrates the ‘boss of the Emu story travelling with a coolamon (represented by the oval shape), a traditional wooden carrying dish used to collect seeds and fruits and to carry water and babies.'