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Pikilyi Jupurrpaby Ursula Napangardi HudsonPikilyi is a large and important waterhole and natural spring near Mount Doreen Station in Central Australia. 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 Napanangla skin group, the man was a Japangardi. This is a taboo relationship contrary to Warlpiri religious law. Women of the Napanangka and Napangardi subsection sat by the two serpents, picking lice from them. For this service, the two serpents allowed the women to take water from the springs at Pikilyi. This was because the serpent were the 'Kirda', or ceremonial owners, for that country. The spirits of these two rainbow serpents are still at Pikilyi today. |
ArtistUrsula Napangardi Hudson was born in 1962 in Yuendumu Community, a remote Aboriginal community located 290 km north-west of Alice Springs in Central Australia. After school she relocated to Nyirripi which is located a further 150 kms west-south west of Yuendum. Ursula has been painting with Walukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, an Aboriginal owned and governed art centre located in Yuendumu, since 1993. The Art Centre makes regular visits to Nyirripi to drop off canvas, paint and brushes for the artists and to collect finished artwork. The primary features of Ursula's artworks are Dreamings passed down to her by her father which inclulde Yuparli Jukurrpa (Bush Banana Dreaming) and Pikilyi Jukurrpa (Vaughan Springs Dreaming). From her mother she was passed down Ngapa Jukurrpa or Water Dreaming. |
Why Sabine likes thisUrsula Napangardi Hudson's paintings are unmistakable, with the use of bold, abstract design and unique patterning to illustrate her Dreming story. |
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