![Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by MARGARET NAPANGARDI TURNER of Warlukurlangu Artists (Yuendumu). The title is Majardi Jukurrpa (Hair string dreaming). [4151/07] (Acrylic on Belgian Linen)](https://media.redotgallery.com/stockroom/gallery/m/majardi-jukurrpa-hair-string-dreaming-115.jpg)
MARGARET NAPANGARDI TURNER
Majardi Jukurrpa (Hair string dreaming)4151/07
Acrylic on Belgian Linen
Majardi Jukurrpa (Hair string … | 4151/07
Acrylic on Belgian Linen
76 x 30cm | 29.92 x 11.81in
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This painting of Majarrdi Jukurrpa (Hair string skirt dreaming) tells the story of an important element in much of Warlpiri ceremonial activity. Majarrdi is a hairstring belt or skirt that Karnta (women) wear for ceremonial dances called Yawulyu. Hair is rolled into a string using a rubbing technique on the thigh and then spun onto a stick spindle and then made into a belt or skirt.
In the time of the Jukurrpa ancestral hero women of the Napangardi and Napanangka kinship subsections were living at Mina-Mina, far to the west of Yuendumu. As they started to travel eastwards they began collecting Ngalyipi (Snake Vine, Tinospora smilacina), a plant used to make straps and rope for a wide variety of purposes, particularly as a strap to carry Parraja (food carriers) and as a headache cure when tied around the forehead.
In contemporary Warlpiri paintings traditional iconography is used to represent the Jukurrpa, associated sites and other elements and in paintings of this Jukurrpa it is common for the Mulju (water soakages) visited by the women along their journey to be depicted as circles. Napangardi and Napanangka women are the Kirda (owners) of the land and ceremony for the Majarrdi and for Mina Mina country.
In the time of the Jukurrpa ancestral hero women of the Napangardi and Napanangka kinship subsections were... Read More