Mina Mina Jukurrpaby Samantha Napangardi Granites

Artwork: Mina Mina Jukurrpa
Artist: Samantha Napangardi Granites

This Jukurrpa comes from Mina Mina, a very important women's Dreaming site far to the west of Yuendumu. The Kirda (owners) of this Dreaming are the Napangardi/Napanangka women and the Japangardi/Japanangka men. The area is sacred to the Napangardi and Napanangka women. There are a number of Mulju (water soakages) and a Maluri (claypan) at Mina Mina.

In the Dreamtime, ancestral women danced at Mina Mina and digging sticks rose up out of the ground. The women collected the digging sticks and then travelled no to the East, dancing and digging for bush tucker, collecting Snake Vine and creating many places as they went.