PIJAJU PETER SKIPPER / Juwaris

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by PIJAJU PETER SKIPPER of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Japirnka Ceremony. [PC012/02] (Acrylic on Canvas)

Japirnka Ceremony
PC012/02 (2002)
Acrylic on Canvas
Japirnka Ceremony | PC012/02
Acrylic on Canvas
121.5 x 91cm | 47.83 x 35.83in

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This is Jila Japirnka (living waterhole). We have ceremony for this jila old people showed us when we were young. During ceremony time only men are allowed to be shown the dance to make the rain come. Womenare not allowed to see the ceremony. They can come to the jila only a?er the ceremony is finished. Four old men are standing around Japirnka dancing with boomerangs Kayilipal Kayilipal (Rain coming from the north), Pirntiwanampa (Rain coming from the east), Miljitawurru (Rain coming from the south) and Pirril Pirril (Rain coming from the west) this is shown to the young men. Then its the young men turn to dance.

After the young men had danced they would go out to collect bush tucker. The food is collected it is cut up into small pieces and then thrown into the jila. This is to let the kalpartu (rainbow serpent) know that the ceremony had finished.

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Provenance

Mangkaja Art Centre
Michael Reid (in conjunction with Wally Caruana)
Private Client - Melbourne

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by PIJAJU PETER SKIPPER of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Larripuka. [pc250/99] (Acrylic on canvas)

Larripuka
pc250/99
Acrylic on canvas
Larripuka | pc250/99
Acrylic on canvas
120 x 90cm | 47.24 x 35.43in

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‘This is my country where people travelled in the Ngarrangkarni (Dreamtime). There is a little jumu (rockhole) there. In the cold season I would drink that water, I used to walk all around that country, up and down the jilji (sandhills). The name for this place is Larripuka. This is Japirnka country in the Great Sandy Desert’.

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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by PIJAJU PETER SKIPPER of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Juwaris. [pc014/02] (Derivan matisse acrylic on 10 oz cotton duck)

Juwaris
pc014/02
Derivan matisse acrylic on 10 oz cotton duck
Juwaris | pc014/02
Derivan matisse acrylic on 10 oz co…
91 x 76cm | 35.83 x 29.92in

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These are juwari’s (small shallow cavity, often in rock used as source of drinking water after rain). During parranga (summertime) our home is Japirnka ngapa jila (permanent living waterhole) this my Mothers and Fathers country in the Great Sandy Desert. Juwari’s are filled with water during yitila (wet season) and this makes a great place for hunting.