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Patricia Nakamarra Oldfield

Warna Jukurrpa (Snake Dreaming) No.2 | Framed Canvas Print

$599.00
Canvas Size:
50 x 90 cm
60 x 110cm
80 x 150cm
95 x 180cm
130 x 250cm
Float Frame Colour:
White
Black
Oak
Champagne
By Patricia Nakamarra Oldfield
Skin Name, Nakamarra

Jukurrpa (Dreaming): Warna Jukurrpa (Snake Dreaming)
Patricia paints stories that are closely associated with her traditional country. Her main story is Warna Jukurrpa (Snake Dreaming). 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, Yinyirrinyi 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.