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Jean Baptiste (Pulukatu) Apuatimi

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Name

Jean Baptiste (Pulukatu) Apuatimi

Other names

BAPTIST APUATIMI, Jean

Culture

Aboriginal Australian

Gender

Female

Birth date

24 June 1940

Birth place

Pirlangimpi (Garden Point), Bathurst Island, Northern Territory, Australia View on map Close map

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Death date

2013

Death Place

Bathurst Island, Northern Territory, Australia View on map Close map

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Occupations

Artist (painter) | Printmaker

Summary

Worked: Australia (NT). Etchings

NGA IRN

17755

Context

Australia

Biography

Jean Baptiste Apuatimi was born c.1940 at Pularumpi in the Northern Territory. Her language is Tiwi and she now lives in Nguiu, Bathurst Island. Taught to paint by her husband Declan Apuatimi, her work both as a painter and printmaker is strongly based on her Tiwi heritage.
 

Affiliation

Tiwi people

ATSI region

North

Sub-region

Bathurst Island

Language

Tiwi

Sub-section

Japajapunga (March fly)

Clan

Buffalo