Ngaminya (from Tjukurrpa Palurukutu, Kutjupawana Palyantjanya: same stories a new way)
Artist: Yakari Napaltjarri (Australian, Pintupi, born ca. 1950)
Publisher: Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd
Printer: Firebox Print Studio (Dian Darmansjah)
Date: 2009
Dimensions:
Sheet: H: 21 5/8 in. (55 cm); W: 17 11/16 in. (45 cm)
Medium: Print, etching on Hahnemuhle rag paper.
Place of Origin: Australia | Pintupi language group
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Sara Jane DeHoff
Object number: 2013.185S
Label Text:This etching depicts designs associated with women's ceremonies at the rockhole and soakage water site of Ngaminya, just to the southwest of the Kiwirrkura Community in Western Australia. The lines represent the rows of sandhills that surround Ngaminya.
During Ancestral times, a large group of women gathered at the site to perform the dances and sing the songs associated with the area. While in the area, the women also gathered the edible berries known as kampurarrpa or desert raisin. These berries can be eaten straight from the bush but are sometimes ground into a paste and cooked in the coals to form a type of damper. Upon completion of the ceremonies at Ngaminya, the women continued their travels east to Wirrulnga and then onto Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay).
During Ancestral times, a large group of women gathered at the site to perform the dances and sing the songs associated with the area. While in the area, the women also gathered the edible berries known as kampurarrpa or desert raisin. These berries can be eaten straight from the bush but are sometimes ground into a paste and cooked in the coals to form a type of damper. Upon completion of the ceremonies at Ngaminya, the women continued their travels east to Wirrulnga and then onto Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay).
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