{"product_id":"mina-mina-jukurrpa-mina-mina-dreaming-original-art-1","title":"Mina Mina Jukurrpa (Mina Mina Dreaming) - Original Art","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis i\u003c\/span\u003es an original artwork by artist - Margaret Napangardi Lewis, a member of the Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAdditional canvas around the edge of the painting allows for stretching.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtwork measures\u003cstrong\u003e - 61 x 61 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis original artwork is unframed and shipped rolled up to your door! We have very competitive framing options on our site - see tab below to get a free online quote. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA stamped certificate of authenticity is supplied by Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation with this artwork.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWarlukurlangu Artists is famous for its gloriously colourful acrylic paintings and limited edition prints. The Aboriginal art centre has a national and international profile and its art has been featured in hundreds of exhibitions and publications in Australia and around the world. Warlukurlangu means ‘belonging to fire’ in the local language, Warlpiri, and is named for a fire dreaming site west of Yuendumu.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEstablished in 1985 Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation is a not-for-profit organisation that is 100% Aboriginal-owned by its artists from the remote desert communities of Yuendumu and Nyirripi in Central Australia. Proceeds from the sale of all art go directly back to the artists and their community projects. Warlukurlangu Artists is supported by funding from the Australian Government through the Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFree shipping in Australia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eARTWORK STORY:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMina Mina is an extremely important ceremonial site for Napangardi and\u003cbr\u003eNapanangka women that is located approximately 600kms west of\u003cbr\u003eYuendumu, just east of Lake Mackay and the WA border. The area has\u003cbr\u003ea ‘marluri’ (salt lake or claypan) that is usually dry, without water. There\u003cbr\u003eare also a number of ‘mulju’ (soakages), sandhills, and a large stand of\u003cbr\u003e‘kurrkara’ (desert oaks [Allocasuarina decaisneana]). The Mina Mina\u003cbr\u003eJukurrpa is an important source of Warlpiri ritual knowledge and social\u003cbr\u003eorganization, particularly relating to the different roles performed by men\u003cbr\u003eand women.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ‘kirda’ (owners) of this country are Napangardi\/Napanangka women\u003cbr\u003eand Japangardi\/Japanangka men, who can depict portions of the Mina\u003cbr\u003eMina Jukurrpa in their paintings. There are a number of different\u003cbr\u003ecomponents of the Mina Mina Jukurrpa; artists usually choose to depict\u003cbr\u003eone particular aspect. These can include ‘karnta’ (women), ‘karlangu’\u003cbr\u003e(digging sticks), ‘majardi’ (hairstring skirts\/tassels), ‘ngalyipi’ (snakevine\u003cbr\u003e[Tinospora smilacina]), ‘jintiparnta’ (desert truffle [Elderia arenivaga]),\u003cbr\u003eand ‘kurrkara’ (desert oak [Allocasuarina decaisneana]).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Mina Mina Jukurrpa tells the story of a group of ancestral ‘karnta’\u003cbr\u003e(women) who traveled from west to east. In the Dreamtime, these\u003cbr\u003eancestral women danced at Mina Mina and ‘karlangu’ (digging sticks)\u003cbr\u003erose up out of the ground. They collected these digging sticks and\u003cbr\u003estarted travelling to the east. They carried their digging sticks over their\u003cbr\u003eshoulders and they were adorned with ‘majardi’ (hairstring belts), white\u003cbr\u003efeathers, and necklaces made from ‘yinirnti’ (bean tree [Erythrina\u003cbr\u003evespertilio]) seeds. They continuously anointed themselves with ‘minyira’\u003cbr\u003e(shiny fat) to increase their ritual powers as they went along. As the\u003cbr\u003ewomen travelled, they were followed by a ‘yinkardakurdaku’ (spotted\u003cbr\u003enightjar [Eurostopodus argus]) from the Jakamarra subsection. The bird\u003cbr\u003ewould call out and then hide in the bushes behind them as they\u003cbr\u003etravelled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the women danced at Mina Mina, they created a large dust cloud\u003cbr\u003ethat swept up the ‘walyankarna’ (snake ancestors). The ‘walyankarna’\u003cbr\u003ehad previously transformed themselves from witchetty grubs into snakes\u003cbr\u003eat Kunajarrayi (Mount Nicker, 200km southwest of Yuendumu), and they\u003cbr\u003ehad stopped at Mina Mina to watch the women dance. This dust cloud\u003cbr\u003eblew the ‘walyankarna’ further north to Yaturluyaturlu (near the Granites\u003cbr\u003egold mine). In this way, the ‘karnta Jukurrpa’ (women’s Dreaming) and\u003cbr\u003e‘ngarlkirdi Jukurrpa’ (witchetty grub Dreaming) intersect. This allowed the\u003cbr\u003eancestral women to observe the witchetty grubs and learn how to best\u003cbr\u003elocate and cook them, which are skills that Warlpiri women still use\u003cbr\u003etoday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe women went east from Mina Mina, dancing, digging for bush tucker,\u003cbr\u003eand creating many places as they went. As they went east, they passed\u003cbr\u003ethrough Kimayi (a stand of ‘kurrkara’ (desert oak)). They passed through\u003cbr\u003esandhill country where the ‘yarla’ (bush potato or ‘big yam’ [Ipomea\u003cbr\u003ecostata]) ancestors from Yumurrpa and the ‘ngarlajiyi’ (pencil yam or\u003cbr\u003e‘small yam’ [Vigna lanceolata]) ancestors from Yumurrpa were engaged\u003cbr\u003ein a huge battle over women. This battle is also a very important Warlpiri\u003cbr\u003eJukurrpa narrative. The women went on to Janyinki and stopped at\u003cbr\u003eWakakurrku (Mala Bore), where they stuck their digging sticks in the\u003cbr\u003eground. These digging sticks turned into mulga trees, which still grow at\u003cbr\u003eWakakurrku today. The women then went on to Lungkardajarra (Rich \u003cbr\u003eBore), where they looked back towards their country in the west and\u003cbr\u003estarted to feel homesick for what they’d left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe women split up at Lungkardajarra. Some of them travelled\u003cbr\u003eeastwards to Yarungkanyi (Mount Doreen), and kept going east. They\u003cbr\u003epassed through Coniston in Anmatyerre country, and then went on to\u003cbr\u003eAlcoota and Aileron and beyond. The other group of women travelled\u003cbr\u003etravelled northwards from Lungkardajarra to Karntakurlangu. These\u003cbr\u003ewomen stopped at Karntakurlangu to dig for ‘wardapi’ (sand\u003cbr\u003emonitor\/goanna [Varanus gouldii]) and ‘jintiparnta’ (desert truffle) before\u003cbr\u003egoing further north. Both groups eventually got so homesick for their\u003cbr\u003edesert oak country in the west that they went all the way back to Mina\u003cbr\u003eMina, where they stayed for good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis Jukurrpa contains important information about the different roles\u003cbr\u003ethat men and women play in Warlpiri culture, particularly in the context of\u003cbr\u003eritual performance. It alludes to an earlier time in which their ritual and\u003cbr\u003esocial roles were reversed, in which women controlled the sacred\u003cbr\u003eobjects and weapons that are now exclusively “owned” by men.\u003cbr\u003eIn contemporary Warlpiri paintings, traditional iconography can be used\u003cbr\u003eto represent the Jukurrpa, particular sites, and other elements. In\u003cbr\u003epaintings of the Mina Mina Jukurrpa, sinuous lines are often used to\u003cbr\u003erepresent ‘ngalyipi’ (snakevine). Circles and roundels can represent the\u003cbr\u003e‘jintiparnta’ (desert truffle) that the women collected as they travelled,\u003cbr\u003eand straight lines are used to represent the ‘karlangu’ (digging sticks).\u003cbr\u003e‘Majardi’ (hairstring skirts) are represented by wavy lines suspended\u003cbr\u003efrom a single curved line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Warlukurlangu Artists","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54351024259361,"sku":"518\/23ny","price":757.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2691\/2256\/files\/Screenshot2026-11-04at2.46.23pm.png?v=1793769870","url":"https:\/\/greenhouseinteriors.com.au\/en-us\/products\/mina-mina-jukurrpa-mina-mina-dreaming-original-art-1","provider":"Greenhouse Interiors","version":"1.0","type":"link"}