Ngalyipi Jukurrpa (Snakevine Dreaming) - Mina Mina - Original Art

This is an original artwork by artist - Geraldine Napangardi Granites, a member of the Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation.

Additional canvas around the edge of the painting allows for stretching.

Artwork measures - 107 x 91 cm

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A stamped certificate of authenticity is supplied by Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation with this artwork.

Warlukurlangu 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.

Established 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.

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ARTWORK STORY:

This ‘ngalyipi Jukurrpa’ (snakevine [Tinospora smilacina] Dreaming)
comes from Mina Mina. Mina Mina is an extremely important ceremonial
site for Napangardi and Napanangka women that is located
approximately 600kms west of Yuendumu, just east of Lake Mackay and
the WA border. The area has a ‘marluri’ (salt lake or claypan) that is
usually dry, without water. There are also a number of ‘mulju’
(soakages), sandhills, and a large stand of ‘kurrkara’ (desert oaks). The
Mina Mina Jukurrpa is an important source of Warlpiri ritual knowledge
and social organization, particularly relating to the different roles
performed by men and women.

The ‘kirda’ (owners) of this Jukurrpa are Napangardi/Napanangka
women and Japangardi/Japanangka men. There are a number of
different Jukurrpa associated with Mina Mina; artists usually choose to
depict one particular Jukurrpa in their paintings. In addition to ‘ngalyipi’
(snakevine), these can include ‘karnta’ (women), ‘karlangu’ (digging
sticks), ‘majardi’ (hairstring skirts/tassels), ‘kurrkara’ (desert oak
[Allocasuarina decaisneana]), and ‘jintiparnta’ (desert truffle [Elderia
arenivaga]).

The Mina Mina Jukurrpa tells the story of a group of ancestral ‘karnta’
(women) who traveled from west to east. In the Dreamtime, these
ancestral women danced at Mina Mina and ‘karlangu’ (digging sticks)
rose up out of the ground. They collected these digging sticks and
started travelling to the east. They carried their digging sticks over their
shoulders and they were adorned with ‘majardi’ (hairstring belts), white
feathers, and necklaces made from ‘yinirnti’ (bean tree [Erythrina
vespertilio]) seeds. They continuously anointed themselves with ‘minyira’
(shiny fat) to increase their ritual powers as they went along. As the
women travelled, they were followed by a ‘yinkardakurdaku’ (spotted
nightjar [Eurostopodus argus]) from the Jakamarra subsection. The bird
would call out and then hide in the bushes behind them as they
travelled.