TJURKURRPA PULKA – MINMA (BIG WOMENS STORY)
This is a very important women’s story for Nelly. It’s a story about strong women’s culture. Nelly sings the story while she is painting. Nelly is worried for her people’s culture and special ceremonial songs.
Nelly tells the story like this:
There are many women sitting together—young, old, and middle-aged women. All the elders begin singing together, and the middle-aged women join in, singing and dancing. The women begin having a big ceremony. It is a very important ceremony for all these women.
The elders tell the middle-aged women not to tell the young people the sacred songs because they are not keeping them secret and safe.
The orange circle symbolises a nulla nulla, which is a special tool also used for dancing.
-Description:
-Image design by an Australian Aboriginal artist (except Eco Designs, read the Eco Designs Description or Collections Description)
-Royalties are paid to the artist once a month
-Artisanal hand-embroidered
-Cotton canvas base with wool embroidered design on one side
-Zipped or wooden button closure on the reverse side
-Packaging: Swing Tag tied with string, artist info on the tag
-Dry clean – Per-clean or spot clean with a damp cloth
Dimensions: 40 x 40cm
Made in: Kashmir
