Warlukurlangu Artists x Piper Blue Necklace

• Fabrication: Metal/Resin

Piper Piper Warlukurlangu Necklace Blue

Features:

• Metal/ resin
• Hanging pendent
• Artist collaboration

About the Artist: Kirsty Anne Napanangka Martin-Brown was born in Alice Springs Hospital, the closest hospital to Nyirripi, a remote Aboriginal community 450 km northwest of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. She is the daughter of Agnes Nampijinpa Brown and the granddaughter of Molly Napurrurla Martin, both artists working with the Warlukurlangu Art Centre. She has one brother and one sister. Kirsty attended school in Nyirripi and in Yuendumu, a remote Aboriginal community 150 km southeast of Nyirripi, before going to Kormilda College, an Aboriginal boarding college in Darwin. When she finished school she returned to Nyirripi where she first worked at the Nyirripi store and then at the Childcare Centre. She has two children.

About the Artwork: Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming) Puyurru This ngalyipi Jukurrpa (Snakevine Dreaming) comes from Mina Mina. Mina Mina is an extremely important ceremonial site for Napangardi and Napanangka women that is located approximately 600kms west of Yuendumu, just east of Lake Mackay and the WA border. The area has a marluri (salt lake or claypan) that is usually dry, without water. There are also a number of mulju (soakages), sandhills, and a large stand of kurrkara (desert oaks). The Mina Mina Jukurrpa is an important source of Warlpiri ritual knowledge and social organization, particularly relating to the different roles performed by men and women.

Piper is exclusive to MYER.
Style No. PIPJ1788