“My Uncle teach me. I am the bush doctor and this is me, painted and dancing… Put him in your house, make you healthy.” Senior Anmatyerr man Sam Jampijnpa Mpetyan Dixon shares the story of Ngangker, the Bush Doctor. A traditional healer, Ngangker cares for the sick using ancestral practices, working with the hands to remove pain, illness, and bad feelings from the body. All the circles are the …

Provenance

Utopia Arts Centre, cat 382-26; Private collection, Sydney