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Mona Chuguna and Pijaju Peter Skipper's 'Jamirlangu [Husband and Wife]'

Published 06 April 2020

In this painting, husband and wife Mona J. Chuguna and Pijaju Peter Skipper avow a love of country, a love of painting and a love for one another. Follow the single footprints until the two footprints meet, and then we see them go on together.

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Mona J. Chuguna, Pijaju Peter Skipper, Walmajarri people, Walmajarri people

Jamirlangu [Husband and Wife]
2003

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