Mininypa Jukurrpaby Marlette Napurrurla Ross

This painting depicts a forbidden love story. The Mininypa Jukurrpa (Native Fuchsia Dreaming) is a story about a Jungurrayi man called Lintipilinti who lived at Ngarlu, meaning"Red Rock", a country to the east of Yuendumu Community. Lintipilinti fell in love with a Napangardi woman, a forbidden relationship under Warlpiri law, as the woman was classificatory his mother in law, using the kinship and skin names system.

Lintipilinti fell in love with the Napangardi woman when he saw the large hole in the ground that she made when she urinated. Lintipilinti was aroused by this and he began to wonder how he could woo the Napangardi woman. He went to Ngarlu and made hair string for her, singing as he worked. The Napangardi woman could not sleep and began to feel sick. She realised that someone was singing Yilpinji (Love Songs) for her.

Artist:Marlette Napurrurla Ross
Title:Mininypa Jukurrpa
ID:4997-16
Medium:Acrylic on Canvas
Size:30 x 30 cm
Region:Yuendumu, Central Australia

Artist

Marlette Napurrurla Ross was born in 1964 and comes from Yuendumu Community approximately 3 hours from Alice Springs in Central Australia.

Marlette has been working with Warlukurlangu – Artists of Yuendumu for a number of years and through them her paintings can be found in several galleries around Australia. Central Art is excited to be one of these and now feature her paintings on our website.

Marlette’s Dreaming stories relate to various bush tucker and animals including; Ngarlajiyi (Bush Carrot), Yarla (Bush Potato), Mininypa (Native Fuchsia) and Jardiwarnpa (Fire Snake).

Her paintings have been exhibited through various galleries around Australia and she was a selected entrant of the 2000 annual National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award which is Australia’s most prestigious art award. Her paintings are held in a collection with the Araluen Arts Centre in Alice Springs and in 1991 she was specially commissioned along with 41 other Yuendumu Artists to paint a canvas which toured through Europe and Germany.

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