• Lukarrara Jukurrpa Cushion
  • Lukarrara Jukurrpa Cushion

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Lukarrara Jukurrpa Cushion

  

Lukarrara Jukurrpa (Desert Fringe-rush Seed Dreaming) by Hilda Nakamarra Rogers. This Jukurrpa belongs to women of the Nakamarra/ Napurrurla subsections and to Jakamarra/ Jupurrurla men.

It is associated with a place called Jaralypari, north of Yuendumu. Lukarrara, the desert fringe-rush (Fimbristylis oxystachya & Fimbristylis eremophila) is a grass with an edible seed, often ground to make damper. 

 

  • 100% Linen - Heavyweight upholstery grade
  • Hand-screen printed
  • Made in Australia
  • 60cm x 60cm cushion cover with 1cm flange
  • Zip closure on side seam
  • Cushion insert not included

Hilda Nakamarra Rogers was born in Papunya, an Aboriginal community located 240 km northwest of Alice Springs in the NT of Australia. As a young woman she moved to Nyirripi, a remote Aboriginal community approximately 160 km west of Yuendumu, where she still lives. As a child she watched her parents paint and listened to their stories. Hilda paints Bush tucker stories, in particular Ngurlu Jukurrpa (Native Seed Dreaming). Occasionally she paints her husband’s dreaming, Yurrumpi Jukurrpa (Honey Ant Dreaming) and her father’s dreaming, Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming), stories which have been passed down through the generations for millennia. 

In 2015, NORTH began as a mechanism to make viable the trade of hand-screen printed textiles from remote art centres to the interior design market. Through collaboration and being guided by the excitement and hopes of artists they were working with, NORTH evolved into a fashion label. 

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