Erlikilyika

Erlikilyika
Bornc.1865
Akeltye (McKenzie's Waterhole), Northern Territory, Australia[1]
Diedc.1930–1945[1]
NationalityOf the Arrernte people
Known forSketches, sculpture, anthropology, translation
SpouseUtnirarenaka Perrurle[1]

Erlikilyika (c.1865 – c.1930), known to Europeans by the name Jim Kite or Jim Kyte or Jim Kite Penangke, was an Aboriginal Australian sculptor, artist and anthropological interpreter. He was an Arrernte man, born into the Southern Arrernte or Pertame language group in Central Australia. He was the first Central Australian artist to be nationally recognised for his artistic talent, in particular his carvings of animals in soft stone, illustrations and sculptures, after an exhibition of his work was held in Adelaide, South Australia in 1913.

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