Cotton Oven Mit Dig - 31x15cm-JWA601

SKU: AJWA601COMD

$20.18 (excl. GST)

NGALYIPI (SNAKE VINE DREAMING)
The design was taken from an original painting by Judy.

The country associated with this painting is Mina Mina, a place far to the west of Yuendumu, significant to Napangardi and Napanangka women, who are the custodians of the Dreaming that created the area.

It describes the journey of a group of women of all ages who travelled east, gathering food, collecting Ngalyipi (Tinospora smilacina, or snake vine), and performing ceremonies as they travelled. The women began their journey at Mina Mina, where karlangu (digging sticks) emerged from the ground. Taking these, the women travelled east, creating Janyinki and other sites. Their journey eventually took them beyond Warlpiri country.

The central motif in this painting is Ngalyipi – snake vine, which grows along the trunks and boughs of desert oak. Ngalyipi is a vine sacred to Napangardi and Napanangka women and has many uses – as a ceremonial wrap, as a strap to carry parrajas laden with bush tucker, and as a tourniquet for headaches.

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Description

  • Image design by an Australian Aboriginal artist (except Anzac Designs, read ‘Description Anzac Designs’)
  • Royalties are paid to the artist once a month
  • 100% cotton
  • Packaging – Swing tag, artist info on the tag
  • Made in India

POT HOLDERS:

  • 20 x 20cm

OVEN MITTS:

  • 31 x 15cm

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ART BY JUDY WATSON

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