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Janmarda Jukurrpa Cosmetic Bag

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Our Cosmetic Bag is the ideal case to store all your beauty and makeup items. The bag features a top handle so that you can easily carry the bag, as well as four generous interior pockets. These pockets will keep your brushes upright so they don’t become crushed in amongst your other products, or to keep your liquid products upright to prevent them from spilling or leaking. Our Cosmetic Bags come in an array of beautiful prints designed by Indigenous artists from the remote desert communities of Yuendumu and Nyirripi in Central Australia.

Style: Cosmetic Bag
Fabric: Digitally printed PU exterior. PU bag handle. Polyester interior and binding finishes. 4 x interior pockets. Gold metal zip closures.
Washing: Wipe down the outer and inner surfaces with a soft damp cloth. Allow to air dry before reusing.
Dimensions: 14cm (H) x 21cm (W) x 14cm (D)
Story: Janmarda Jukurrpa
Artist: Jill Nungarrayi Watson   

‘Janmarda’ (Bush Onion) are small bulbs found in the soft soils on the banks of sandy creeks. One of the sites for this dreaming story is Purrupurru, near Wakurlpa to the north of Yuendumu. One day, ancestral women were collecting and cooking ‘Janmarda’ when they saw an old Jungarrayi man called Warnungurla, who had been travelling from the west. He was hiding in the bushes, watching the women wanting to make love to them. He had an enormous ‘Ngirnti’ that was long like a hose. It entered the ground and came up near the women. They were frightened of him and tried to hide. When they saw his 'Ngirnti’ they beat it with their digging sticks, killing the old man. The old man can still be seen today in the form of a large stone figure at Purrupurru.

Jill Nungarrayi Watson

Aboriginal Warlpiri woman

Jill has been painting with Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation since 1992. She paints her father’s Dreaming stories, ... Learn more