Acrylic on linen, stretched and ready to hang.

Signed certificate of authenticity.

The Wanakiji Jukurrpa (bush tomato [Solanum chippendalei] Dreaming)
travels through Yaturlu (near Mount Theo, north of Yuendumu).
"Wanakij" grows in open spinifex country and is a small, prickly plant with purple flowers that bears green fleshy fruit with many small black seeds. After collecting the fruit the seeds are removed with a small wooden spoon called 'kajalarra'. The fruit then can be eaten raw or threaded onto skewers called 'turlturrpa' and then cooked over a fire.
'Wanakiji can also be skewered and left to dry. When they are prepared in this way it is called turlturrpa' and the fruit can be kept for a long time.
In contemporary Warlpiri paintings traditional iconography is used to represent the Jukurrpa, particular sites and other elements. The Wanakiji Jukurrpa belongs to Napanangka/Napangardi women and Japanangka/Japangardi men.