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Uni Nampitjinpa Martin, Rex Japanangka Granites, Lucky Nampijinpa Langdon, Judy Nampijinpa Granites, Ida Nangala Sampson, Lydia Nangala Wayne

Biographics

Paintings

A Jangala called Yamijijarnu travelled south from a small hill called Ngurlupurranyangu to Yamurnturrngu (also known as Mount Liebig). As he travelled he picked seeds (Watiyawarnu) and placed them in food carriers (parraja), one of which he carried on his head. The yellow and white dots represent the raw seeds while the black ones are those ready to be cooked. Yamijijarnu walked from one place to another collecting seeds. Many of these places were water soakages from which he took water to clean the seeds. At each place he left large piles of seeds which he beat with his digging stick to release the seed from its pod. The piles of seeds dried in the sun and are now small hills (pirli). He then carried these seeds back to Kalparandi in parraja on his head and shoulders. Here he carefully cooked the seeds in his parraja and then ground them into a watery paste with water. This slurry was then drunk. Yamijijarnu fed his family with the seeds and continuously had to go out and find more in order to satisfy their apetites. At Yamurnturrngu Yamijijarnu met another Jangala and asked him for seeds. His request was denied for the Jangala at this place needed the seed to feed his own family. Yamijijarnu then returned to Watiyawarnu (Willowra). In this canvas women are shown collecting watiyawarnu and placing them in parraja (food containters). The concentric circles are the trees from which the seeds are collected. Watiyawarnu or Acacia Tenuissima is a seed bearing tree that grows in open spinifex and mulga country. The Dreaming belongs to Jampijinpa/Jangala subsection.