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Warlukurlangu Warlu Seed Dreaming 112 cm Cotton Fabric Multicoloured 112 cm
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
Incorporate true Australian culture into your handmade textiles with this Warlukurlangu Warlu Seed Dreaming 112 cm Cotton Fabric. This fabric is ideal for quilting and patchwork projects, or making items such as scrunchies, headbands, bookbags, aprons and toiletries bags. This material is composed of 100% cotton and supplied in a 112 cm width, sold by the metre. Spotlight has a beautiful range of fabrics, Manchester and home décor items featuring amazing artwork by the talented indigenous peoples creating with Warlukurlangu, Artists of Yuendumu. Find the perfect piece for your home, in-store or online.
Watiya-warnu Jukurrpa by Tanya Nungarrayi Collins
This painting tells the story of a Jangala 'watiya-warnu' (Acacia tenuissima) ancestor who travelled south from a small hill called Ngurlupurranyangu to Yamunturrngu
(Mount Liebig). As he travelled he picked the 'watiya-warnu' seeds and placed them in 'parrajas' (food carriers), one of which he carried on his head. Watiya-warnu is a seed bearing tree that grows in open spinifex or mulga country. When people returned to their camp after collecting the seeds they would make large windbreaks for shelter and winnow the seed in the late afternoon. Immature 'watiya-warnu' seed is ground into a paste and can be used to treat upset stomachs. The associated 'watiya-warnu' ceremony involves the preparation of a large ground painting. This Jukurrpa belongs to Nampijinpa/Nangala women and Jampijinpa/Jangala men. In contemporary Warlpiri paintings traditional iconography is usaed to represent the Jukurrpa, particular sties & other elements. In paintings of this Dreaming 'U' shapes are often depicting women collecting the 'watiya-warnu' seeds. Oval shapes represent the 'parrajas' where they carry the seeds and strait lines beside them frequently portrait digging sticks.
Reg: RM80 per metre
VIP RM48 per metre