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May Wokka Chapman
May Wokka Chapman Aboriginal Art Gifts
These products feature the design of May Wokka Chapman - this is Mayiwalku's Country - her 'ngurra' (home, Country, camp). People identify with their ngurra in terms of specific rights and responsibilities, and the possession of intimate knowledge of the physical and cultural properties of one's Country. Painting ngurra, and in so d. . .
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May Wokka Chapman Aboriginal Art Gifts
These products feature the design of May Wokka Chapman - this is Mayiwalku's Country - her 'ngurra' (home, Country, camp). People identify with their ngurra in terms of specific rights and responsibilities, and the possession of intimate knowledge of the physical and cultural properties of one's Country. Painting ngurra, and in so doing sharing the Jukurrpa (Dreaming) stories and physical characteristics of that place, has today become an important means of cultural maintenance.
Portrayed in this work are features of Mayiwalku's ngurra, such as the dominant permanent red tali (sandhills), warta (trees, vegetation), and the individually named water sources she and her family camped out. These include Januwa, Jilankujarra, Karlajamtu, Kartungu, Kukarti, Kumpupajanu, Kunalimpi, Kunarra, Marnakarti, Pangkapimi, Wilunganinaya, Wurur-wuruma, Yilyara, and Yirrajarra Rock holes, waterholes, soaks and spring.
May Wokka Chapman paints as part of Martumili artists.
