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Conkerberry Dreamingby Roxella Napangardi MarshallConkerberry or Marnikiji is a small black fruit that is keenly preferred and is harvested after the rain. It grows on bright green bushes that form large clumps along creek lines. The country associated with this Dreaming is at Lurnpakurlangu, near Mount Doreen to the west of Yuendumu. This Dreaming belongs to the Napanangka/Napangardi women and the Japanangka/Japangardi men. One story associated with this Dreaming is that of two snakes of the Japangardi/Japanangka skin group that were travelling between Lurnpakurlangu and the nearby hill of Yapakurlangu. They were looking for lovers - women of the Nampijinpa/Napurrurla skin groups as they travelled. The two snakes entered the ground at the base of two Manikiji trees at Yapakurlangu that are sacred to men. Today a small edible snake is found living in the branches of the Marnikiji bush. |
ArtistRoxella Napangardi Marshall was born in 1990 and comes from Yuendumu Community approximately 300km from Alice Springs in Central Australia. Roxella's family are well respected artists from the Community including her mother Elanore Napangardi Wayne and her grandmother Maisie Napurrurla Wayne. While at school Roxella loved art and she began painting when she was 10 years old attending workshops held at Warlukurlangu Art Centre in Yuendumu. In 2013 Roxella began to paint more regularly, she paints her grandmother's Dreaming of Marmikji - Conkerberry, Lukarrara (Desert Fringe Rush Seed) and Ngurlu (Native Seed Dreaming). These Dreamings relate directly to her land, it's features and the plants and animals that inhabit it. These Dreamings have been passed down to her by her parents and their parents before them. |
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