MAWUKURA JIMMY NERRIMAH / Ngirjirlngirjirl

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by MAWUKURA JIMMY NERRIMAH of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Tarpu Jila. [pc253/99] (Acrylic on Canvas)

Tarpu Jila
pc253/99
Acrylic on Canvas
Tarpu Jila | pc253/99
Acrylic on Canvas
136.5 x 121cm | 53.74 x 47.64in

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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by MAWUKURA JIMMY NERRIMAH of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Desert Country. [145/06] (Acrylic on Canvas)

Desert Country
145/06
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Desert Country | 145/06
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100 x 80cm | 39.37 x 31.5in

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’All desert this one, all same area, this important area. That one, (top left) that Kurtal jila (waterhole, spring), that one there, (top right) that Pulu jumu (soakwater), this one, that’s Dangi, a big jila (waterhole) and this one Pilparri Jila, all one area in the Great Sandy Desert, alright finished now.’

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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by MAWUKURA JIMMY NERRIMAH of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Tarpu Jila (waterhole). [270/06] (Acrylic on Canvas)

Tarpu Jila (waterhole)
270/06
Acrylic on Canvas
Tarpu Jila (waterhole) | 270/06
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120 x 60cm | 47.24 x 23.62in

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’Tarpu this one, one place, same one now. Put your stick in to get water, you sing that song and put your stick in. Leave that top one, don’t touch him, he got bad water that one, but you can drink from the bottom one. He gottem snake you know kapurtu (ancestral spirit snake) there, for that one jila.’

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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by MAWUKURA JIMMY NERRIMAH of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Jilirrkujarra. [pc610/05] (Acrylic on Canvas)

Jilirrkujarra
pc610/05
Acrylic on Canvas
Jilirrkujarra | pc610/05
Acrylic on Canvas
120 x 60cm | 47.24 x 23.62in

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This painting depicts a jila (waterhole) in the artist’s country in the Great Sandy Desert.

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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by MAWUKURA JIMMY NERRIMAH of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Nyunjun & Wyingnula Jila (Waterholes). [271/06] (Acrylic on Canvas)

Nyunjun & Wyingnula Jila (Waterholes)
271/06
Acrylic on Canvas
Nyunjun & Wyingnula Jila (Wate… | 271/06
Acrylic on Canvas
120 x 60cm | 47.24 x 23.62in

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’These two waterholes are one place, in my country. They are important places for tribal law for this one area.’

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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by MAWUKURA JIMMY NERRIMAH of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Wili. [pc759/05] (Acrylic on Canvas)

Wili
pc759/05
Acrylic on Canvas
Wili | pc759/05
Acrylic on Canvas
120 x 60cm | 47.24 x 23.62in

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’This is an important jila (spring) in my country in the Great Sandy Desert. We hold important law business here’.

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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by MAWUKURA JIMMY NERRIMAH of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Yalapari Jila. [147/06] (Acrylic on Canvas)

Yalapari Jila
147/06
Acrylic on Canvas
Yalapari Jila | 147/06
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60 x 80cm | 23.62 x 31.5in

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’The main circle is yalapari a jila (waterhole) in the Great Sandy Desert. Them (radiating) shapes from the main jila are wilany (clouds at the beginning of the wet season) the small circle on the left bottom is Japikura jumu (soakwater, japi is father, kura is possessive). The shape at the bottom is Pirra (billabong).

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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by MAWUKURA JIMMY NERRIMAH of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Ngirjirlngirjirl. [148/06] (Acrylic on Canvas)

Ngirjirlngirjirl
148/06
Acrylic on Canvas
Ngirjirlngirjirl | 148/06
Acrylic on Canvas
80 x 60cm | 31.5 x 23.62in

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’That’s the country now, the area. Not where you are running around in this place today. That’s the country where we were walking through, when we came through to Cherrabun and Kururgal. It is close to Pulawala and kurku to the South. Both these are jilas (waterholes) living water these two, one area for this lot now, we have to dig for the water, the water its close up to the outside.’