NGARLKIRDI JUKURRPA (WITCHETTY GRUB DREAMING)

synthetic polymer paint on linen
bears artist's name and Warlurkurlangu Artists catalogue number 44/89 on the reverse
90.5 BY 213CM

Provenance:
Painted at Yuendumu in 1989
Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu
Donald Kahn Collection

Exhibited:
As lot 325

Literature:
Geoffrey Bardon and Vivien Johnson, Australian Aboriginal Art from the Collection of Donald Kahn, Miami: Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, 1991, p.53, cat.no.22 (iIlus.), p.78
Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker (ed.), Dreamings-Tjukurrpa: Aboriginal Art of the Western Desert, The Donald Kahn Collection, Munich: Prestel Verlag, 1994, p.26, cat.no.22 (black and white illus.), pp.114-115 (colour illus.)

This painting is sold with an accompanying Warlukurlangu Artists certificate that reads in part: ‘This painting depicts Napaljarri and Nungurrayi women (U shaped figures) collecting Ngarlkirdi (witchetty grubs) in an area known as Kunajarrayi, south west of Yuendumu. It also symbolises important features of initiation ceremonies for young Japaljarri and Jungurrayi men. The area contains many caves (pringki) overlooking an important ceremonial site associated with Ngarlkirdi Jukurrpa.'

 This painting is sold with an accompanying Warlukurlangu Artists certificate