GARNKINY NGARRANGGARNI: Featuring Mabel Juli
Past exhibition
Mabel Juli Australian, Gija, b. c. 1933
The Mothers of the Moon
natural earth pigment on canvas
150 x 150 cm
828199
On a trip to Springvale in May 2014, Mabel pointed out three rocks. In the Ngarranggarni, these were the women the Moon called 'mother' because they were of Nyajarri skin....
On a trip to Springvale in May 2014, Mabel pointed out three rocks. In the Ngarranggarni, these were the women the Moon called 'mother' because they were of Nyajarri skin. Her brother Rusty Peters tells this story below aand says that the Moon was so upset with the angry way the Nyaajarri women spoke to him that the words he spoke made them transform into stone. they stand up close to the Moon place at the Little Panton River.
