{"title":"Rahab Nungarrayi Spencer (dec)","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"wardapi-jukurrpa-goanna-dreaming-yarripilangu","title":"Wardapi Jukurrpa (Goanna Dreaming) - Yarripilangu","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis painting depicts a ‘wardapi Jukurrpa’ (sand monitor\/goanna [Varanus gouldii] Dreaming). This dramatic Jukurrpa travels between Purturlu (Mount Theo), approximately 150kms north-northwest of Yuendumu, and Yarripilangu (Newhaven), which is approximately 100kms southwest of Yuendumu. This painting focuses on the portion of the Jukurrpa that takes place at Yarripilangu, which is owned by Napaljarri\/Nungarrayi women and Japaljarri\/Jungarrayi men. The portion of the Jukurrpa at Purturlu belongs to Napanangka\/Napangardi women and Japanangka\/Japangardi men.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis Jukurrpa tells the story of a Japangardi man named Wamaru who lived at Jarrardajarrayi, an area of country near Purturlu. This Japangardi man lived at Jarrardajarrayi near a soakage called Juntangkalpa. He travelled south to Yarripilangu and approached a group of ‘karnta’ (women) that were sitting down in a circle there. He wanted to woo a Nungarrayi woman named Yurlkurinyi who was the wrong skin for him. By tribal law, this woman was his mother-in-law and their relationship would be taboo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Japangardi man wooed the Nungarrayi woman and they went up the hill at Yarripilangu where they made love. The earth there turned to ‘ngunjungunju’ (white ochre) and the man turned himself and all the ‘karnta’ (women) into ‘wardapi’ (goannas). The Japangardi man eventually brought the Nungarrayi woman back to Purturlu to live, even though they were the wrong skin for each other.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWhite ochre is still found on top of the hill at Yarripilangu and is used today for love magic and for ceremonial decoration. There’s also a cave where you can see the shape of a goanna entering. There are beautiful groundwater springs on the east side of the Yarripilangu hill. A number of important Jukurrpa associated with mens’ initiation ceremonies pass through Yarripilangu; these include ‘karnta Jukurrpa’ (womens’ Dreaming), ‘ngalyipi Jukurrpa’ (snakevine [\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eTinospora smilacina\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e] Dreaming), ‘wati-jarra Jukurrpa’ (two men Dreaming), and ‘witi Jukurrpa’ (ceremonial pole Dreaming).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn contemporary Warlpiri paintings, traditional iconography can be used to represent the Jukurrpa, particular sites, and other elements. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn paintings of this Jukurrpa, the group of women is often represented by concentric circles and ‘U’ shapes. Concentric circles can also illustrate ‘wardapi’ holes and the droppings they leave, while ‘wardapi’ tracks are usually represented by ‘W’ shapes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Warlukurlangu Artists","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44404844200039,"sku":null,"price":342.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/1889\/2647\/files\/artwork-78149095.jpg?v=1786588047"},{"product_id":"karnta-jukurrpa-womens-dreaming-bush-medicine","title":"Karnta Jukurrpa (Women's Dreaming) - Bush Medicine","description":"\u003cp\u003eAboriginal medicine is widely practised in the Northern Territory today. It is a complex system closely linked to the culture and beliefs of the people, their understanding of the land and its flora and fauna. It is a holistic approach, intergrating the social, physical and spiritual aspects of health and life. The Warlpiri health system includes the \u003cem\u003engangkayikirli\u003c\/em\u003eor traditional healers; the \u003cem\u003eYawulyu\u003c\/em\u003eceremonies, (Napangardi Women’s Jukurrpa); and the Herbal or Bush Medicine. Depicted in this painting are the bush medicine plants that grow on traditional homelands in the Northern Territory, plants that are collected by the women. The Warlpiri have extensive knowledge of plants, and the use of bush medicine is shared by the whole family and not to any particular group.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver fifty different medicinal plants have been recorded, all containing biologically active compounds. They are mainly used symptomatically for coughs and colds, pains and aches, and digestive problems. Some are used as dressings for wounds and sores. Plants used on sores and wounds contain proteolytic enzymes that help healing.  Below are just a few of the many medicinal plants that grow in the Northern Territory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn preparing tonics, Bitter Bark (\u003cem\u003eAlstonia constricta\u003c\/em\u003e), is often used, which contains reserpine, a tranquilliser and antihypertensive. Gumbi Gumbi (\u003cem\u003epittosprum angustifolium)\u003c\/em\u003e, a small shrub with little star-shaped yellow flowers and yellow\/orange skinned fruit, a versatile indigenous medicine, is used in a number of traditional medicinal applications, from the treatment of coughs and colds to eczema, and even used for lactagogue(milk let-down) activity. Although both the fruit and the seeds have medicinal properties, it is the leaves (used as a tea, tonic, dried in capsules or in salves\/creams), that yield the most effective treatments. The readily available native lemon grasses (\u003cem\u003eCymbopogon ambiguus A. Camus\u003c\/em\u003e) is also used as a tea\/tonic, and is effective for treating diarrhoea, and coughs, sore throats and colds. It can also be applied to the skin for treatment of rashes and sores, and a root poultice mixture can be applied to ears for earaches. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNgalyipi(Snake Vine - \u003cem\u003eHibbertia scandens\u003c\/em\u003e), is another effective anti-inflammatory and antiseptic bush medicine. The leaves and stems are warmed and mashed into a paste and used for pain of arthritis, for joints and other inflammation caused by injuries. \u003cem\u003eNgarlkirdi\u003c\/em\u003e (Witchetty Grub), a good bush tucker is also a good bush medicine and when crushed and made into a paste is used externally for the treatment of burns and open wounds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Warlukurlangu Artists","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44405554708583,"sku":null,"price":200.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/1889\/2647\/files\/artwork-78296827.jpg?v=1786616874"},{"product_id":"wardapi-jukurrpa-goanna-dreaming-yarripurlangu","title":"Wardapi Jukurrpa (Goanna Dreaming) - Yarripurlangu","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Wardapi Jukurrpa (goanna [Varanus gouldii] Dreaming) comes from Yarripilangku, south-west of Yuendumu. It tells the story of a group of Karnta (Warlpiri women) that were sitting down in a circle. A man from Mt. Theo, of the Japangardi skin group named Wamaru, came up to the women. He wanted to take a girl of the wrong skin, a Nungarrayi. He took the Nungarrayi woman, named Yurlkurinyi, and went up the hill where they made love. Then the earth turned to Ngunjungunju (yellow and white ochre) and the man turned himself and all the ‘karnta’ (women) into ‘wardapi’ (goannas). The ochre is still found on top of the hill and is used today for love magic and for ceremonial decoration. This Jukurrpa belongs to the Napaljarri\/Japaljarri and Nungarrayi\/Jungarrayi subsections. It also belongs to people from Mt Theo of the Japanangka\/Napanangka, Japangardi\/Napangardi subsections. In paintings of this Jukurrpa, the group of women is often represented by concentric circles and ‘U’ shapes typically are used to represent women. 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