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Judy Napangardi Martin, Minamina Dreaming - Minamina Jukurrpa, 2021

Judy Napangardi Martin near Yuendumu in the Tanami Desert, NT, Australia, b. 1939

Minamina Dreaming - Minamina Jukurrpa, 2021
Acrylic on linen
150cm x 120cm
Minamina is near Lake Mackay, NT. It's main dreaming story is the karrpanu, the digging stick, famously recorded in the Kanakurlangu clan group dreaming songline. Warlpiri call that songline, yupunju:...
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Minamina is near Lake Mackay, NT. It's main dreaming story is the karrpanu, the digging stick, famously recorded in the Kanakurlangu clan group dreaming songline. Warlpiri call that songline, yupunju:

'The women travelled eastward into Anmatyerre tribe lands in the Jukurrpa, and gave birth to almost everything, bringing the sky and earth, night and day into existence. From rain clouds, waterholes, waterways, everything was danced and sung into existence, and then left to be dug up with the 'karrpanu' (digging stick) so one could feed on the knowledgenaja within the Warlpiri homelands.

'The ultimate karrpanu is the pointer stars near the Southern Cross stars. When the pointer star touches down in the horizon then the Warlpiri learning cycle begins again.' - Warnayaka Arts
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