Pure Australian Merino Wool Scarf 
Woolmark Certified 
70cm x 180cm 
Digitally printed 
Hand rolled hem 
Presented in a handmade box with information about the original artwork and the Aboriginal artist. 
Original artwork by Warlpiri Aboriginal artist Alicka Napanangka Brown

The Artwork Story

YARLA JUKURRPA (COCKATOO CREEK DREAMING)

The original painting represents a place on Warlpiri country called Cockatoo Creek.  It has special significance for Warlpiri women as it is a place where they gather their food, including the bush potato.  

The Yarla Jukurrpa comes from an area to the east of Yuendumu called Cockatoo Creek. 'Yarla' (bush potato [lpomea costata]) are fibrous tubers that grow beneath a low spreading plant, found by looking for cracks in the ground. This edible tuber grows from 'yartura' (roots) which seek out moisture to spout new plants. Yarla are good to eat, when cooked they are really soft and tasty. 

The Jukurrpa tells of 'yarla' and 'wapirti' {bush carrot [Vigna lanceolata]) ancestors fighting a big battle in this area. The specific site associated with this painting is a 'mulju' (water soakage) called Ngarparapunyu.

In contemporary Warlpiri paintings traditional iconography is used to represent the Jukurrpa, associated sites and other elements. The curved lines of the 'kuruwarri' (ceremonial designs) represent the 'ngamarna' (vine-like tendrils) from which grow 'jinjirla' (flowers). 'Karlangu' {digging sticks) are usually represented as straight lines. 'Karlangu'are used by women to dig for bush tucker like Yarla and Wapirti which are found underground.

The Warlpiri people have lived the Central Desert region for tens of thousands of years.  They were among some of the last Aboriginal people in Australia to make contact with Europeans.  Even today, the Warlpiri have an unbroken connection to their ancestral homelands and still maintain many aspects of their traditional culture.  They keep alive their age-old Dreaming stories for future generations through their art

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