MITCHELL JAPANANGKA MARTIN - MINA MINA JUKURRPA (MINA MINA DREAMING)
MITCHELL JAPANANGKA MARTIN
MINA MINA JUKURRPA (MINA MINA DREAMING), 2025
76 x 61 cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Belgian Linen
REGION
Yuendumu, NT
PROVENANCE
Warlukurlangu Artists, NT
Cooee Art Leven, NSW
STORY
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 [Allocasuarina decaisneanal). The Mina Mina Jukurrpa is an important source of Warloiri ritual knowledge and social organization, particularly relating to the different roles performed by men and women.
The 'kirda' (owners) of this country are Napangardi/Napanangka women and Japangardi/Japanangka men, who can depict portions of the Mina Mina Jukurpa in their paintings. There are a number of different components of the Mina Mina Jukurrpa; artists usually choose to depict one particular aspect. These can include 'karnta' (women), 'karlangu (digging sticks), 'majardi' (hairstring skirtstassels), 'ngalyipi (snakevine Tinospora smilacinal, intiparnta' (desert truffle (Elderia arenivaga)), and 'kurrkara' (desert oak [Allocasuarina decaisneana]).
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