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VALMA NAKAMARRA WHITE - WARNA JUKURRPA (SNAKE DREAMING)

VALMA NAKAMARRA WHITE - WARNA JUKURRPA (SNAKE DREAMING)

SKU: 20141

VALMA NAKAMARRA WHITE

WARNA JUKURRPA (SNAKE DREAMING),  2022
61 x 46 cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on canvas

 

REGION

Yuendumu, NT

 

PROVENANCE
Warlukurlangu Artists, NT
Cooee Art Leven, NSW

 

STORY
The place depicted in this painting, Ngama, is located south of Yuendumu in the Northern Territory. This Dreaming belongs to Nakamarra/Napurrurla women and Jakamarra/Jupurrurla men. This story describes the journey of Yarripiri, an ancestral 'warna' (snake). He travelled from Wirnparrku near Mt. Liebig to Yimparlu, and continued its way through the territories of Ngapanangka-jarra, Warlajirryi, Kurnmundu, Yinvirrinyi on to Ngama. Later Yarripiri travelled further north via Mijirlparnta (Mission Creek) and right through to the top end of Australia. Yarripiri was very sad as his family had left him behind at Wirnparrku. He was blind and crippled but he was determined to follow and search them out. He had to be carried. This was the job undertaken by the 'kurdungurlu (ceremonial police) of the Dreaming: the Nangala/Nampijinpa women and Jangala/Jampijinpa men. Where Yarripiri's tail slumped and touched the ground creeks were formed, such as Mijirlparnta, west of Yuendumu. Yarripiri tracks and paths are often represented by arc shapes or curved lines depicted across the canvas.

 

EXHIBITED
CA Presents Warlukurlangu Artists at Affordable Art Fair , June 2023, Randwick Racecourse

 

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VALMA NAKAMARRA WHITE

    AU$520.00Price

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