Ningura Napurrula Gibson
Wirrulnga MK16956
Wirrulnga MK16956
Year: 2010
Size: 40 x 90cm
acrylic on linen
This painting shows Ningura’s depiction of ‘Wirrulnga’, a rockhole site in a small rocky outcrop, east of the Kiwirrkurra community in the desert of Western Australia.
Wirrulnga is a site which is associated with birth. It is here that the women of the Napaltjarri and Naparrula groups go to give birth. Men are not allowed at this site.
While at Wirrulnga the women also make spun hair-string with which to make Nyimparra (hair string skirts). These are worn during ceremonies.
The small circles are Kampurarrpa or desert raisins. These berries can be eaten straight from the bush but are sometimes ground into a paste and cooled in the coals to form a type of damper.
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