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| Artist: |
Julie Nangala Robertson |
| Title: |
Ngapa Jukurrpa - Water Dreaming |
| Price: |
$450.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA802, 2015 |
| Acrylic on canvas |
| 46 x 46 cm |
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The site depicted is Pirlinyarnu (Mt. Farewell), about 165 km west of Yuendumu in the Northern Territory. Two Jangala men, rainmakers, sang the rain, unleashing a giant storm that collided with another storm from Wapurtali at Mirawarri. A ‘kirrkarlanji’ (brown falcon) carried the storm further west from Mirawarri. The two storms travelled across the country from Karlipirnpa, a ceremonial site for the water Dreaming near Kintore. Along the way the storms passed through Juntiparnta. The storm eventually became too heavy for the falcon. It dropped the water at Pirlinyarnu, where it formed an enormous ‘maluri’ (claypan). A ‘mulju’ (soakage) exists in this place today. Whenever it rains today, hundreds of ‘ngapangarlpa’ (bush ducks) still flock to Pirlinyarnu. In many paintings of this Dreaming, short dashes are often used to represent ‘mangkurdu’ (clouds), and longer, flowing lines represent ‘ngawarra’ (flood waters). Small circles are used to depict ‘mulju’ (soakages) and river beds. |
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| Delivery cost for this item |
| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe/Other |
$77 |
| Asia/Pacific |
$66 |
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