Mitjili Napanangka Gibson Art for Sale at Auction

b. 1932 - d. 2011

Mitjili Napanangka Gibson (c1932 – 2011) was born at Winparrku (Mt Webb), near Kiwirrkura in Western Australia. Her ancestral country is Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay), Mitjili’s father’s country, located in the Gibson Desert along the Western Australian-Northern Territory border. Mitjili Napanangka Gibson belongs to the Pintupi language group, but also speaks fluent Warlpiri. Her father was speared at Mt Webb when she was very young, and Mitjili was looked after by her brother Pinta Pinta Tjapanangka.