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Artwork Details:
- Artist: Nicole Napaljarri Stevens
- Jukurrpa: Ngapa Jukurrpa - Mikanji
- Catalogue #: 5213/19
- Canvas Size: 61 x 61 cm
- Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
This Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming) is associated with Mikanji, a usually dry creek west of Yuendumu that contains several mulju (water soakages). The custodians (kirda) of this Dreaming are Nangala/Nampijinpa women and Jangala/Jampijinpa men, and Mikanji is an important water Dreaming site featured in several Dreaming tracks.
In one story, the water Dreaming travelled from Puyurru, northwest of Yuendumu, to a soakage at Mikanji where it unleashed a great storm. Two elderly blind Nampijinpa women were sitting beside the soakage. As they strained to see the sky, tears formed in their eyes and became rain. Their spirits are believed to remain at Mikanji as two ngapiri (river red gum) trees growing near the soakage.
A second water Dreaming track also passes through Mikanji. A powerful storm created a hole in the ground that became a soakage. At Mirawarri, a kirrkarlanji (brown falcon) carried the storm westward until it grew too heavy and was dropped at Pirlinyarnu (Mt Farewell) about 165 km west of Yuendumu, where it formed a large maluri (claypan) that still contains a soakage today.
A third Dreaming track links the Water Dreaming with the Pamapardu Jukurrpa (Termite Dreaming). Travelling together from Warntungurru through places such as Warlura, Wirnpa, Kanaralji, Ngamangama, and Jukajuka, the termite Dreaming eventually continued west to Nyirrpi, while the water Dreaming moved to Mikanji. A brown falcon later carried the water north, tied to its head with hairstring, dropping it at Puyurru to create another soakage before the Dreaming continued north through several sites and into Gurindji Country.
In Warlpiri paintings, traditional iconography represents this Dreaming: short dashes depict mangkurdu (clouds), flowing lines represent ngawarra (flood waters), and small circles symbolise mulju (soakages) and creek beds.
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