Karntakurlangu Jukurrpa Etching by Dorothy Napangardi DN-4.4

This striking limited edition etching titled "Karntakurlangu Jukurrpa" by Dorothy Napangardi literally translates to 'belonging to women'. The interwoven palette of black, grey and white designs depict ancestral women dancing across the country of Mina Mina, a major women’s ceremonial site. This is the Dorothy's custodial country located west in the Tanami Desert, near the great salt lake of Lake MacKay, towards the border of Northern Territory and Western Australia. During the Jukurrpa (Dreaming), Ancestral women of the Napangardi and Napanangka sub-section groups (aunt niece relationship, in which knowledge is passed from one to the other) gathered to collect ceremonial digging sticks ( Karlangu ) that had emerged from the ground. They then proceeded east, performing rituals of song and dance, to the place known as Jankinyi. A large stand of Desert Oaks ( Allocasuarina decaisneana ) now grow where these digging sticks once were.

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Curators Note:
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