Murdie Nampijinpa MORRIS Tote Bag # 2

A colourful Australian gift for Birthdays, Christmas and other Special Events!

This bag features colourful Aboriginal artwork by Murdie Morris from the Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation.

It makes a practical Australian souvenir or a colourful eco friendly shopping bag for the supermarket.

In this Dreaming story, two dog ancestors, a Jampijinpa and a Napangardi, travelled from the west to the east. At Tapu (a rockhole), the two dogs separated. The female dog, Napangardi, went to the south. The male dog, Jampijinpa, went to the north. Eventually he became lonely and howled for Napangardi in the south. She came running to him, and they married each other at Ngarnka. They wore men’s and women’s marriage headdresses, and Jampijinpa painted himself with white clay for the ceremony. The two dogs continued running east, before arriving in Warlaku (Ali Curung). Many other dogs were living in Warlaku when they arrived. There were many families of dogs, mothers and fathers and children and uncles all living together. Jampijinpa and Napangardi made a burrow to rest in and started a big family of dogs there. 

48x35x15cm