Ngura Puti (Bush Home)

A Collection of Fine Mimili Maku Aboriginal Art

Ngura Puti (Bush Home)

A Collection of Fine Mimili Maku Aboriginal Art

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by NGUPULYA PUMANI of Mimili Maku Arts. The title is Maku Inmaku Pakani. [332-2012] (Acrylic on Linen) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by NGUPULYA PUMANI of Mimili Maku Arts. The title is Maku Inmaku Pakani. [332-2012] (Acrylic on Linen)
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NGUPULYA PUMANI (dec)

Maku Inmaku Pakani
332-2012
Acrylic on Linen
 Maku Inmaku Pakani | 332-2012
Acrylic on Linen
 152 x 120cm | 59.84 x 47.24in
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The Maku Tjukurpa (witchetty grub songline) is a significant songline from Mimili. It is a story about mai (food), a womens tjukurpa. The minyma (women) would go to the kapi tjukurla (water hole) on top of the rocks at Antara. They would roll rocks from the top of the apu down the mountain. Then, the minyma would clean out the rockhole and wait for the rain to come. When the waterhole was full with water they would tap on the waters surface with a stick and sing inma and paluni inmaku pakani (dance ceremony). They would then dig under the Maku (witchetty bush) and would find Maku tjuta (enough Maku for everyone).

The Maku Tjukurpa (witchetty grub songline) is a significant songline from Mimili. It is a story about mai (food), a womens tjukurpa. The minyma (women) would go to the kapi tjukurla (water hole) on top of the rocks at Antara. They would roll rocks from the top of the apu down the mountain. Then, the minyma would clean out the rockhole and wait for the rain to come. When the waterhole was full with water they would tap on the waters surface with a stick and sing inma and paluni inmaku pakani (dance...