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Evelyn Nampijinpa Daniels Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming) 2007
Acrylic on cotton 760 x 460mm $520
The country associated with this dreaming is Mikanji, a watercourse that is usually dry, west of Yuendumu. In
this creek bed there are Mulju (soakages). The dreaming travelled from Puyurru, north west of Yuendumu to a
Mulju in the Mikanji creek. By the side of the soakages two old blind women of the Nampijinpa skin group were
sitting. A rain ancestor travelled to Mikanji from Puyurru and unleashed a huge storm. As the two women
strained their eyes to see the sky, tears formed in their eyes, creating the rain. Their spirits can still be seen at
Mikanji in the form of two Ngapiri (river red gums) growing near the soakage. The custodians of this Jukurrpa
are men of the Jangala and jampijinpa skin groups, and women of the Nangala and nampijinpa skin groups.