Seed Dreamingby Fiona Nungarrayi Kitson

This painting tells the story of a Jangala Watiya-Warnu ancestor who travelled south from small hill called Ngurlupurranyangu to Yamuturrngu. As he travelled he picked the Watiya-Warnu seeds and placed them in parrajas, 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. Inmature Watiya-Warnu ceremony involves the preparation of a large painting. This Jukurrpa belongs Nampijinpa/Nangala women and Jampijinpa/Jangala men. 

In contemporary Warlpiri paintings traditional iconography is used to represent the Jukurrpa, particular sites and other elements.  In the painting the U shapes are often depicts women collecting the Watiya-Warnu seed. Oval shapes represent the parrajas where they carry the sees and strait lines besides them frequently portray digging sticks.