Towel Gift Set – Goanna Dreaming #2

Towel Gift Set

1 x Towel

1 x Hand Towel

1 x Washer

Artist: Ruth Nungarrayi Spencer

Artwork: Goanna Dreaming #2

Artwork Story:

This Jukurrpa tells the story of a Japangardi man named Wamaru who lived at jarrardajarrayi near a soakage called Juntangkalpa. He travelled south to Yarripilangu and approved a group of 'karnta' (women) that were sitting down in a circle there. He wanted to woo a Nungarrayi woman named Yurlkurinyi who was the wrong skin for him. By tribal law, this woman was his mother-in-law and their relationship would be taboo.

The Japangardi man wooed the Nungarrayi woman and they went up the hill at Yarripilangu where they made love. The earth there turned to 'ngunjungunju' (white ochre) and the man turned himself and all the 'karnta' (women) into 'wardapi' (goannas). The Japangardi then eventually brought the Nungarrayi women back to Purturlu to live, even though they were the wrong skin for each other.

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