Ngalyipi Jukurrpaby Reva Nungarrayi Dickson

The country shown in this painting is Purturlu (Mt Theo) area. Ngalyipi or Snake Vine is often used to represent in Aboriginal contemporary Warlpiri paintings by curved lines and has great ceremonial significance for Warlpiri Napanangka / Napangardi women and Napangardi and Japanangka / Japangardi men are the custodians for the Ngalyipi Jukurrpa at this site. Ngalyipi is used to make shoulder straps to help carry Ngami and Parraja. In this painting the Napanagardi and Napanangka women are collecting Ngalyipi. The Ngalyipi Jukurrpa is associated with initiation ceremonies for young Japanangka and Japngardi men.

Artist:Reva Nungarrayi Dickson
Title:Ngalyipi Jukurrpa
ID:3796-16
Medium:Acrylic on Canvas
Size:46 x 46 cm
Region:Yuendumu, Central Australia

Artist

Reva Nungarrayi Dickson was born in 1966 and comes from Yuendumu Community approximately 300km from Alice Springs in Central Australia. Reva grew up in Yuendumu and has worked in Aged Care supporting elderly people within the community. Reva has been painting for Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation; an Aboriginal owned and governed Art Centre, since 1993. She paints her Father’s Jukurrpa, in particular Snake Vine Dreaming and Rufous Hare Wallaby Dreaming. These dreamings relate directly to the land, its features and the plants and animals that inhabit it. They were passed down to her father by his father and his father’s father before him for millennia. Reva uses traditional designs and icons with an unrestricted palette to develop a modern interpretation of her traditional culture.

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