TERANIE NANGALA WILLIAMS - WANAKIJI JUKURRPA (BUSH TOMATO DREAMING)
TERANIE NANGALA WILLIAMS
WANAKIJI JUKURRPA (BUSH TOMATO DREAMING), 2023
30 x 30 cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Canvas
REGION
Yuendumu, NT
PROVENANCE
Warlukurlangu Artists, NT
Cooee Art Leven (Formerly Cooee Art), Sydney NSW
STORY
The Wanakiji Jukurrpa (bush tomato [Solanum chippendalei] Dreaming) travels through Yaturlu (near Mount Theo, north of Yuendumu). “Wanakiji” grows in open spinifex country and is a small, prickly plant with purple flowers that bears green fleshy fruit with many small black seeds. After collecting the fruit the seeds are removed with a small wooden spoon called ‘kajalarra’. The fruit then can be eaten raw or threaded onto skewers called ‘turlturrpa’ and then cooked over a fire. ‘Wanakiji’ can also be skewered and left to dry. When they are prepared in this way it is called ‘turlturrpa’ and the fruit can be kept for a long time. In contemporary Warlpiri paintings traditional iconography is used to represent the Jukurrpa, particular sites and other elements. The Wanakiji Jukurrpa belongs to Napanangka/Napangardi women and Japanangka/Japangardi men.
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