Ngatijirri Jukurrpa – Budgerigar Dreaming

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Description

The Jukurrpa site shown in this painting for Ngajirri
(budgerigar [Melopsiacus undulates]) is at Yangarnmpi,
south of Yuendumu. ‘Ngajirri’ are small, bright green birds
native to central Australia which are common around the
Yuendumu area, especially after the summer rains. Men
would hunt for ‘ngajirri’ nests, robbing them of eggs and
juvenile birds, which are both considered delicacies. The
men would also go out hunting for adult, flying ‘ngajirri’,
which they would kill by swinging branches, killing sticks or
‘karli’ (boomerangs) to hit the birds in flight. The ‘ngajirri’
travelled to Yangarnmpi from Parlirri, near Willowra to
the east of Yuendumu and travelled further on to
Marngangi, north/west of Mount Dennison and west of
Yuendumu. Each time the flock of ancestral ‘ngajirri’ lands,
they perform ceremonies, singing and dancing as they fly
and roost in the trees. The sites of these ceremonies are
depicted in this painting as concentric circles, while crosslike shapes depict the footprints of the birds on the ground
and give an indication of the large flocks of ‘ngajirri’ that
can be found near Yangarnmpi and other sites close to
Yuendumu. After good rains ‘ngajirri’ can successfully
breed several times, resulting in an explosion of the
population in a short me. Custodians for the Ngajirri
Jukurrpa are Napaljarri/Nungarrayi women and
Japaljarri/Jungarrayi men.

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Additional information

Weight 1.5 kg
Dimensions 32 × 5 × 32 cm
Artist

Nancy Napurrurla Oldfield

Region

Central Desert

Medium

Acrylics on Stretched Canvas

Size

Year

2013

Types

Paintings

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