ReDot Fine Art Gallery @ Scotts Square

A Collection of Contemporary Indigenous Art

ReDot Fine Art Gallery @ Scotts Square

A Collection of Contemporary Indigenous Art

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by PADDY JAPALJARRI STEWART of Warlukurlangu Artists (Yuendumu). The title is Door 22 - Yurrampi Jukurrpa (Honey Ant Dreaming). [3055/11] (Acrylic on Belgian Linen) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by PADDY JAPALJARRI STEWART of Warlukurlangu Artists (Yuendumu). The title is Door 22 - Yurrampi Jukurrpa (Honey Ant Dreaming). [3055/11] (Acrylic on Belgian Linen)
27/76

PADDY JAPALJARRI STEWART (dec)

Door 22 - Yurrampi Jukurrpa (Honey Ant Dreaming)
3055/11
Acrylic on Belgian Linen
 Door 22 - Yurrampi Jukurrpa (H… | 3055/11
Acrylic on Belgian Linen
 107 x 46cm | 42.13 x 18.11in
Find Out More

This painting is about the Honey Ant Dreaming, which came from Yulumu, to the east of Yuendumu, and travelled westwards.  Shown in the painting are the digging sticks (represented by vertical lines) belonging to the Dreaming person and the chambers of the Honey Ants and the passages through which they passed.  They run towards the west, which is the way the Dreaming was taken. The passages or tunnels are made by Honey Ants as they dig their way through the ground.

Honey ants are a much prized delicacy, considered to be well worth the enormous effort it takes to dig them out of the ground.  The ants dig tunnels quite deep under the ground in ‘jirrijirrinpa’ (mulga woodland) country.  Branching from these passage ways are chambers (‘mingki’), from the ceiling of which the honey ants are suspended, full of food.  With their swollen abdomens, the ants are unable to move.  The country associated with this Jukurrpa is Wanakurdpanda, east of Yuendumu.  This Jukurrpa also travels through Yuendumu, and belongs to Japangardi/Japanangka men and Napangardi/Napanangka women.

This painting is about the Honey Ant Dreaming, which came from Yulumu, to the east of Yuendumu, and travelled westwards.  Shown in the painting are the digging sticks (represented by vertical lines) belonging to the Dreaming person and the chambers of the Honey Ants and the passages through which they passed.  They run towards the west, which is the way the Dreaming was taken. The passages or tunnels are made by Honey Ants as they dig their way through the ground.

Honey ants are...