Bush Turkey Dreaming #2 – Wardilyka Jukurrpa #2

This dreaming tells about the bush turkey (Australian Bustard; Warlpiri: wardilyka). It is a big ground bird that also flies around from place to place searching for food. It eats desert raisins (Warlpiri: yakajirri) and insects. Bush turkeys are a valuable source of food, and traditionally the men hunted them with boomerangs. Bush turkeys are found near Kurlurrngalinypa, an important Warlpiri site to the east of Lajamanu. The dreaming belongs to Jungarrayi/Japaljarri and Nungarrayi/Napaljarri.

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Medium: Painting
1200 x 900mm Synthetic Polymer Paint on Canvas
Year: 2021
SKU: 28-21

Description

This dreaming tells about the bush turkey (Australian Bustard; Warlpiri: wardilyka). It is a big ground bird that also flies around from place to place searching for food. It eats desert raisins (Warlpiri: yakajirri) and insects. Bush turkeys are a valuable source of food, and traditionally the men hunted them with boomerangs. Bush turkeys are found near Kurlurrngalinypa, an important Warlpiri site to the east of Lajamanu. The dreaming belongs to Jungarrayi/Japaljarri and Nungarrayi/Napaljarri.

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Weight 0.8 kg

About Myra Patrick Herbert

Myra Patrick commenced painting in 1986 during the Traditional Painting Course initiated by the T.A.F.E. Unit in Lajamanu. Her approach to depicting Dreaming in her painting was diametrically different to other Lajamanu artists. She used a very fine dotting technique, which gave a shimmering effect to her paintings. Myra Patrick also made some pottery and sometimes collaborated on the paintings of her husband, Freddy Partick Tjangala (now deceased). She depicts Dreamings such as the Jurlpa (Small Barn Owl), Malu (kangaroo) Witi (Ceremonial Pole), Bush Vine, Snake and Cockatoo.  In recent years she has decided to use her fathers family name Herbert. Myras father was born in Yinipaka so this is where her dreamings come from.In 2018 Myra was selected to participate in Parrtjima, an indigenous light festival in Alice Springs. Her paintings were translated into visual light projections and a collaborative installation of sounds and sights of the budgerigar. She is senior law lady in Lajamanu.

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