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Mina MinaJorna Napurrurla Nelson, an Aboriginal Warlpiri woman, was born between 1928 and 1932 near Mt Doreen, located west of Yuendumu in the Northern Territory of Australia. She passed away in Nyirripi in 2011. Jorna was a native Warlpiri speaker, spending her life in both Yuendumua remote Aboriginal community approximately 290 kilometres north west of Alice Springsand, at times, in Nyirripi, which is situated a further 160 kilometres north west of Yuendumu.

Steven Nelson Steven Jupurrurla Nelson was born in 1967 and lives in Yuendumu

Emily and Galya draw on the same dreamings

Recognition and Collections

Located within the middle of the artwork

It is used as a ceremonial wrap and as a strap to carry ‘parraja’ (coolamons) and ‘ngami’ (water carriers)

The women also paint a commonly occurring plant which has provided a staple food for Aboriginal people in Utopia for thousands of years

After the death of her husband in 1989

These leaves come from the Eremophila dalyana shrub

are among the most popular and frequently painted images in Australian art

Pantjiya lived with her family at Papunya and at Kungkayunti Outstation

Beryline paints her country around Frog Hollow and Texas Downs

while straight lines can be used to depict the ‘karlangu’ (digging sticks)