Aboriginal Artwork by Vanetta Nampijinpa Hudson, Pikilyi Jukurrpa (Vaughan Springs Dreaming), 122x76cm

Vanetta Nampijinpa Hudson, Pikilyi Jukurrpa (Vaughan Springs Dreaming), 122x76cm

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Artist - Vanetta Nampijinpa Hudson
Community - Nyirripi
Art Centre/Community organisation - Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation
Catalogue number - 626/17ny
Materials - Acrylic on linen
Size(cm) - H76 W122 D2
Postage variants - Artwork posted unstretched and rolled for safe shipping
Orientation - Painted from all sides and OK to hang as wished.

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Pikilyi is a large and important waterhole and natural spring near Mount Doreen station. Pikilyi Jukurrpa (Vaughan Springs Dreaming) tells of the home of two rainbow serpents, ancestral heroes who lived together as man and wife. The woman ‘rainbow serpent’ was of the Napanangka skin group, the man was a Japangardi. This was a taboo relationship contrary to Warlpiri religious law. Women of the Napanangka and Napangardi subsection sat by the two serpents, picking lice off them. For this service, the two serpents allowed the women to take water from the springs at Pikilyi. This was because the serpents were the ‘kirda’, or ceremonial owners, for that country. The spirits of these two rainbow serpents are still at Pikilyi today. This Dreaming belongs to the women and men of the Japanangka/Napanangka and Japangardi/Napangardi skin groups.

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