Do.b.:  c.1950. 

Birthsite: Kiwikurra

Language:  Pintupi

Historical: Bambatu had a very traditional upbringing, being born in   the bush near Kiwikurra c.1950. She had no contact with established communities or white fella’s until, as a little girl in the early years of settlement during the 1960’s, her family joined the Papunya Community west of Alice Springs.  

 Painting: The themes most commonly found in Bambatu’s paintings are related to women’s business and places associated with that. Wiyarra (Rock Hole) was her mothers country, located near the Western Australian and Northern Territory border and is a place that she represents, depicting in particular the “Tali” (Pintupi word) or sandhills with geometric, dotted lines creating an almost maze-like effect.