Honey ant dreaming

This dreaming tells about the honey ants that are found may be 2 metres underground. We look for small honey ants that come out of holes in the ground. The honey ant country is around Yuendumu. This is still our country and we have always collected them. Women go looking for honey ants. They travel from east to west, south to north. The women as they dig follow the small black ants and as they get closer to the main nest the ants are larger & larger as they contain more and more honey. Just after rain is the best time t look for them, or when you see the ants beginning to fly.

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Medium: Painting
800x300mm Acrylic on Canvas
Year: 2012
SKU: 178-12

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This dreaming tells about the honey ants that are found may be 2 metres underground. We look for small honey ants that come out of holes in the ground. The honey ant country is around Yuendumu. This is still our country and we have always collected them. Women go looking for honey ants. They travel from east to west, south to north. The women as they dig follow the small black ants and as they get closer to the main nest the ants are larger & larger as they contain more and more honey. Just after rain is the best time t look for them, or when you see the ants beginning to fly.

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Weight 0.8 kg

About Margaret Martin

Margaret Nungarrayi, or Pamparriya, is a senior law lady in Lajamanu. Her country includes some of the lands close to Lajamanu, 100kms South East of the town at Duck Ponds going South West to the Granites. She has walked hundreds of kilometers around the Tanami. Pamparriya was born at a time of cattle stations, to the north of Lajamanu. There she watched as her people were working and dying at the hands of the station owners and workers. Life experiences have made her such an interesting and witty person.  Her family are equally dynamic. Visitors and workers have been profoundly impacted by this wonderful Warlpiri woman.  She is an artist who understands her law, country and identity.

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