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Mina Mina Dreaming
Artist: Nancy Napanangka Gibson
76 x 76 cm
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- Artist:Nancy Napanangka Gibson
- Title:Mina Mina Dreaming
- ID:211/15
- Medium:Acrylic on Canvas
- Size:76 x 76 cm
- Region:Yuendumu, Central Australia
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Mina Mina Dreamingby Nancy Napanangka Gibson
The country associated with this Jukurrpa is Mina Mina, a place far to the west of Yuendumu in Central Australia. This Dreaming site is significant to Napangardi/ Napanangka women and Japangardi/ Japanangka men. There are the custodians of the Jukurrpa that created the area. The Jukurrpa story tells of the journey of a group of women of all ages who travelled to the east gathering food, collecting 'ngalypi' (snake vine (Tinospora smilacina) and performing ceremonies as they travelled. The Aboriginal women began their journey at Mina Mina where Karlangu emerged from the ground. Taking these implements the women travelled east creating Janyinki and other sites. Their journey took them far to the east beyond the boundaries of Warlpiri country. The ngalypi vine grows up the trunks and limbs of the kurrakara (desert oak (Allocasurina decaisnena) trees. Ngalypi is a sacred vine to Napangardi and Napanangka women that has many uses. It can be used as a ceremonial wrap, as a strap to carry 'parrajas (wooden bowls) that are laden with bush tucker and as a tourniquet for headaches.
- Artist:Nancy Napanangka Gibson
- Title:Mina Mina Dreaming
- ID:211/15
- Medium:Acrylic on Canvas
- Size:76 x 76 cm
- Region:Yuendumu, Central Australia
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Artist
Nancy Napanangka Gibson was born 'a long time ago' beside Lake MacKay, an extensive saline lake on the border of the Northern Territory and Western Australia, some 500 km to the west-north west of Alice Springs. Brought up in the traditional lifestyle, Nancy went hunting and gathering in the bush with her family and learning about country. In the 1950s, her family were the last to leave the bush to settle in Yuendumu. Now a widow, Nancy lives in Nyirripi, 132 km west of the Lake Mackay site. This small Aboriginal community was once an outstation of Yuendumu. Nancy's family is 'a big mob': she has three sons, two daughters, grandchildren and now great-grandchildren. Nancy started painting in Alice Springs many years ago and says she is self-taught. Since 2006 she has been a painter at Warlukurlangu, located in the Aboriginal community of Yuendumu, some 300 km from Alice Springs. The art centre regularly visits Nyirripi, a further 160 kms from the community, dropping off art materials and collecting finished paintings. The main subject of Nancy's paintings is Mina Mina Jurkurrpa, Dreamings related to her country west of Nyirripi and near Lake MacKay, and also sometimes other Dreaming'srelated to her Mina Mina: Wurrpadi Jukurrpa (Spear-tree Dreaming) and Wakerlpirri Jukurrpa (Dogwood Tree Dreaming) . Nancy enjoys painting on most days; on the weekends she still goes goanna-hunting.
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