Majardi Jukurrpa

This print of Majarrdi Jukurrpa (ceremonial dancing skirts) tells the story of an important element in much of Warlpiri ceremonial activity. 'Majarrdi’ is a hair-string belt or skirt that 'karnta’ (women) wear for ceremonial dances called Yawulyu. Hair is rolled into a string using a rubbing technique on the thigh and spun onto a stick spindle and then made into a belt or skirt. In the time of the Jukurrpa ancestral hero women of the Napangardi and Napanangka kinship subsections were living at Mina -Mina, far to the west of Yuendumu. The women traveled over their country performing ceremonies and dances wearing their ‘majarrdi’ (ceremonial dancings kirts). This Dreaming belongs to Napangardi/Napanangka women and to Japangardi/Japanangka men.

We have available:
Artist proof No. 1 in an edition of 7
Prints numbered 2 - 5 in an edition of 99

Code: JW0909
Artist: Judy Napangardi Watson
Dimensions: 26 x 20 cm

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