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URSULA NAPANGARDI MARKS - BUSH TOMATO DREAMING

URSULA NAPANGARDI MARKS - BUSH TOMATO DREAMING

SKU: 16397

URSULA NAPANGARDI MARKS

BUSH TOMATO DREAMING,  2017
60 x 118 cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Canvas

 

REGION

Lajamanu, NT

 

PROVENANCE
Warnayaka Artists, NT
Cooee Art Leven, 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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URSULA NAPANGARDI MARKS

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