Artist: Peggy Nampijimpa Brown
Skin name: Nampijimpa
Title / Jukurrpa: Wanakiji Jukurrpa (Bush Tomato) – Ngaru
Catalogue number: 577/02-1/2
Size: 61 × 46 cm
Art centre: Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Association, Yuendumu
This painting shows two Napaljarri women collecting Wanakiji for tucker around Ngaru country to the west of Yuendumu that is also the site for Yawulyu, an important women’s ceremony. Wanakiji (Bush Tomato, Solanum chippendalei) are really good bush foods that can be eaten raw or cooked. In Warlpiri paintings traditional iconography is used to represent the Jukurrpa and other elements and different-coloured circles represent cooked and uncooked Wanakiji and ‘U’ shapes are often used to represent the two Napaljarri sisters while concentric circles are used to represent their Ngaru (camp sites).
One Phoenix Arts acknowledges the Larrakia people as the Traditional Owners of the land on which our gallery stands, and pays respect to Elders past and present. We acknowledge the artists and their communities across the Northern Territory, the Kimberley and the deserts, who hold the stories in these works.
