Ngapa Jukurrpa

The site depicted in this painting is Puyurru, west of Yuendumu. In the usually dry creek bed are the water soakages or naturally occurring wells. In this painting Shorty has represented the water using the long straight lines, the small bars joining the lines are clouds. Two Jangala men, rainmakers, sang the rain, unleashing a giant storm. It travelled across the country, lightening striking the land. This storm met up with a storm from Wapurtali, to the west. It was picked up by a bird and carried further west until the load became too heavy for it to bear and it dropped that storm at Purlungyanu, where it created a giant soakage. At Puyurru the bird dug up a giant snake, Wanayarra, that carried water with it that created a giant lake, Jillyiumpa. There is an outsattion there that Shorty’s family lives at today.

Code: SR0616
Artist: Shorty Jangala Robertson
Dimensions: 66 x 53cm
Medium: etching

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