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Click to enlargeb. 1992
- Region
- Central Desert & Tanami
- Community
- Lajamanu
Janganpa Jukurrpa (Possum Dreaming), 2006
synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen
76 x 61cm
$800
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- Provenance
- Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu, NT, Cat No. 260/06 Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
- Artwork story
- Janganpa Jukurrpa (possum Dreaming) travels all over Warlpiri country. This part of the story comes from a big hill called Mawurrji, west of Yuendumu and north of Pikilyi (Vaughan Springs). There is a mulju (water soakage) there that was created by a possum ancestor. In the painting the ‘E’ shaped figures represents the possum tracks, the sinuous lines are the track left by the possum trail as it travels between the sand. The small concentric circles are the trees in which the possums live, and also the sites at Mawurrji. Warlpiri people have a young men initiation ceremony with Janganp Jukurrpa. The Dreaming belongs to Japaljarri/Jungarrayi men and Napaljarri/Nungarrayi women.