Mina Mina Jukurrpaby Antionette Napanangka Brown

The Dreaming comes from Mina Mina, a very important women's Dreaming site outside of Yuendumu in Central Australia. The owners of this Dreaming are the Napangardi and Napanangka women and the Japangardi and Japanangka men. There are a number of water soakages and claypans at Mina Mina. In the Dreamtime, ancestral women danced at Mina Mina and digging sticks rose up from the ground before travelling on to the east, dancing, digging for bush tucker, collecting Snake Vine and making places as they went. Snake Vine is used as a ceremonial wrap and a strap to carry coolamons.

Artist:Antionette Napanangka Brown
Title:Mina Mina Jukurrpa
ID:2125-17
Medium:Acrylic on Canvas
Size:30 x 30 cm
Region:Yuendumu, Central Australia

Artist

Antionette Napanangka Brown comes from Yuendumu Community approximately 300km from Alice Springs in Central Australia. Antionette grew up in Yuendumu and later married a local man. Antionette has been painting since she was a young girl. Her grandfather is Warlukurlangu Artist Paddy Japaljarri Sims (who has sadly passed away), and it was he who passed down Dreamings associated with the country. Antionette paints Karnta Jukurrpa (Women's Dreaming) and Pamapardu Jukurrpa (Flying Ant Dreaming). From her father's side of the family she paints Mina Mina Jukurrpa, which is a sacred and important place.

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