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Red Bark Trees Wool Scarf
Red Bark Trees Wool Scarf
Red Bark Trees Wool Scarf
Red Bark Trees Wool Scarf
Red Bark Trees Wool Scarf

Red Bark Trees Wool Scarf

Sale price$229.95 AUD

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  • Pure New Australian Merino Wool Scarf 
  • Woolmark Certified 
  • 70cm x 180cm 
  • Digitally printed 
  • Hand rolled hem 
  • Presented in a handmade box with information about the original artwork and the Aboriginal artist. 
  • Original artwork by Warlpiri Aboriginal artist Nicole Napaljarri Stevens



The Artwork Story

Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming)- Mikanji


Based on an original painting by young Warlpiri  artist, Nicole Napaljarri Stevens, the Red Bark Trees design depicts an important watercourse on the Warlpiri homelands called Mikanji. Although, Mikanji is usually a dry creek bed, after the annual rains, soakages are formed deep under the ground. The soakages are like subterranean wells that provide a natural rainwater storage system. The wells are a vital source of fresh water for the Warlpiri people during the long dry season in the desert. The Warlpiri people believe that the spirits of two women can be seen at Mikanji in the form of two Ngapiri (river red gums).

 

To learn more about Nicole Napaljarri Stevens click here

 

Red Bark Trees Wool Scarf
Red Bark Trees Wool Scarf Sale price$229.95 AUD

Artist details

Nicole Napaljarri Stevens

Nicole Napaljarri Stevens is a talented emerging Aboriginal artist who paints with the world acclaimed Warlukurlangu Artists. The Warlukurlangu art centre is located in the small Aboriginal community of Yuendumu about 300km from Alice Springs, It has long been a stronghold for the preservation of the traditional language and culture of the Warlpiri Aboriginal people from the remote Tanami Desert region in Central Australia. Nicole’s paintings depict ancient Dreaming stories which have been handed down to her through many generations of her Warlpiri ancestors over tens of thousands of years.

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Founded by Gunggari Aboriginal woman Charmaine Saunders in 2012, Mainie is a Supply Nation certified Indigenous Australian-owned company and an Indigenous Art Code approved dealer member. We recognise the traditional custodians of the land on which we live and work, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

We acknowledge the sorrow of the Stolen Generations and the impacts of colonisation on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We respect the resilience, strength and pride of Australia’s First Nations people and their communities. Mainie is committed to supporting Aboriginal women artists to earn an independent income from their own work and to keep alive their traditional cultural heritage for future generations.