MOLLY NAPURRURLA TASMAN - SEED DREAMING - NGURLU JUKURRPA; NAPURRURLA, NAKA ...

MOLLY NAPURRURLA TASMAN
SEED DREAMING - NGURLU JUKURRPA; NAPURRURLA, NAKAMARRA- KURLANGU,  2021
30 x 80 cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Canvas
 
REGION
Lajamanu, NT
 
PROVENANCE
Warnayaka Art, NT
Art Leven (Formerly Cooee Art), Sydney NSW 
 
STORY

The Nakamarra and Napurrurla women are getting long, rounded wooden dishes, often known as coolamons, (Warlpiri: parraja) to put edible seeds in. The seeds are from a low-lying creeper grass (called karlajirdi in Warlpiri). The women collect and clean the seeds, and later they’ll cook them in hot coals. This dreaming belongs to Jakamarra/Jupurrurla and Nakamarra/Napurrurla groups. It is about the Miyamiya, Jiparanpa and Pawurrinji areas, in Warlpiri country in the Tanami Desert.
 
 
ARTIST PROFILE
MOLLY NAPURRURLA TASMAN