Nyapanyapa Yunupiŋu

2019, collagraph
PAPER SIZE: 64 x 100 cm
PRINT SIZE: 64 x 100 cm
Edition of 20
Cat No 3938-19
Price UF

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2019 Gapan Gallery
Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre

Our father Munggurrawuy painted the story of Djulpan. This story is about seven sisters who went out in their canoe called Djulpan. During certain seasons they used to go hunting for food and always come back with different types of food. As you can see they would come back with turtle, fish ,freshwater snakes and also bush foods like yams and berries. They can now be seen in the sky of a night , seven stars that come out together like they are shown on the painting.

The stars come in season when the food and berries come out, the stars w ill travel through the sky during that month until the season is over and they don’t come out until the next season. They are the constellation called Plaiedes and they are being chased by three brothers (Orion). They sail over the Northern horizon and when they get home they light their fires.

– NYAPANYAPA YUNUPINGU