![Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by JORNA NAPURRURLA NELSON of Warlukurlangu Artists (Yuendumu). The title is Yarla Jukurrpa (Bush Potato Dreaming) - Yumurrpa. [613/07ny] (Acrylic on Belgian Linen)](https://media.redotgallery.com/stockroom/gallery/y/yarla-jukurrpa-bush-potato-dreaming-yumurrpa-86.jpg)
JORNA NAPURRURLA NELSON
Yarla Jukurrpa (Bush Potato Dreaming) - Yumurrpa613/07ny
Acrylic on Belgian Linen
Yarla Jukurrpa (Bush Potato Dr… | 613/07ny
Acrylic on Belgian Linen
76 x 61cm | 29.92 x 24.02in
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‘Yarla’ (bush potato, Ipomea costata) are tasty, fibrous tubers that grow beneath a low spreading plant, found by looking for cracks in the ground. This Jukurrpa comes from a place to the west of Yuendumu called Yumurrpa where rockholes were formed by the roots of ancestral ‘yarla’ plants breaking up the ground.
This Dreaming belongs to Jupurrurla/Jakamarra men and Napurrula/Nakamarra women. Nakamarra and Napurrula ‘karnta’ (women) are shown sitting down at Yumurrpa gathering ‘yarla’ with ‘karlangu’ (digging sticks) and placing them in ‘parraja’ (wooden carrying dishes).
In contemporary Warlpiri paintings traditional iconography is used to represent the Jukurrpa, associated sites and other elements. In paintings of this Jukurrpa women are usually depicted by ‘U’ shapes while the ‘yarla’ plants are represented by concentric circles. The ‘watarlapi’ (the lateral ‘yarla’ roots) are shown across the painting, to symbolize the way this Jukurrpa is spread through Warlpiri country.
This Dreaming belongs to Jupurrurla/Jakamarra men and Napurrula/Nakamarra women. Nakamarra and Napurrula ‘karnta’ (women) are shown... Read More