JUDY NAPANGARDI WATSON - MINA MINA DREAMING

 JUDY NAPANGARDI WATSON
MINA MINA DREAMING,  2007
120 x 79 cm
synthetic polymer paint on linen
 
PROVENANCE
Yuendumu, NT
Australian Dreamtime Art, NTPrivate collection, SACooee Art Gallery, NSW 
 
STORY
The country associated with this Dreaming is Mina Mina, a place far to the west of Yuendumu, which is significant to Napangardi and Napanangka women,  The Jukurrpa story tells of the journey of a group of women of all ages who travelled to the east gathering food, collecting Ngalyipi (snake vine) and performing ceremonies as they travelled.The women began their journey at Mina Mina where Karla-ngu (digging sticks) emerged from the ground. Taking these implements the women travelled east creating Janyinki and other sites. Their journey took them far to the east beyond the boundaries of Warlpiri country. The Ngalyipi vine grows up the trunks and limbs of the Kurrkara (Desert Oak) trees. Ngalyipi is a vine sacred to Napangardi and Napanangka women and has many uses, including as a ceremonial wrap, as a strap to carry Parrajas (wooden bowls) laden with bush tucker and as a torniquet for headaches
 
EXHIBITED
Womenā€™s Work, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, 12 June ā€“ 19 July, Adelaide We Choose to Challenge, March 2021, Cooee Art Paddington