Warlukurlangu Artists X Vue Kirsty Anne Napanangka Martin Snake Vine Dreaming Quilt Cover Set Navy

Spruce up any bedroom with the Snake Vine Dreaming quilt cover set. Screen printed onto a 300TC linen look cotton base, this quilt cover features an intricate pattern hand painted by Kirsty Anne Napanangka Martin. Finished with a 250TC cotton percale reverse, and contrasting piping detail, this quilt cover has added benefits of breathability and soft hand feel, for the ultimate night’s sleep. 

Kirsty Anne Napanangka Martin-Brown was born in Alice Springs Hospital, the closest hospital to Nyirripi, a remote Aboriginal community 450 km north-west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. She is the daughter of Agnes Nampijinpa Brown and the grand-daughter of Molly Napurrurla Martin, both artists working with the Warlukurlangu Art Centre. Kirsty has been painting with Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, an Aboriginal owned and governed art centre located in Yuendumu, since 2005.

This Ngalyipi Jukurrpa (Snakevine Dreaming) comes from Mina Mina. Mina Mina is an extremely important ceremonial site for Napangardi and Napanangka women that is located approximately 600kms west of Yuendumu, just east of Lake Mackay and the WA border. The area has a marluri (salt lake or claypan) that is usually dry, without water. There are also a number of mulju (soakages), sandhills, and a large stand of kurrkara (desert oaks). The Mina Mina Jukurrpa is an important source of Warlpiri ritual knowledge and social organisation, particularly relating to the different roles performed by men and women.

When the women danced at Mina Mina, they created a large dust cloud that swept up the walyankarna (snake ancestors). The walyankarna had previously transformed themselves from witchetty grubs into snakes at Kunajarrayi (Mount Nicker, 200km southwest of Yuendumu), and they had stopped at Mina Mina to watch the women dance.