Wanakiji Jukurrpaby Selma Napanangka Tasman

The Wanakiji Jukurrpa or Bush Tomato Dreaming travels through Yaturlu. Wanakiji grows in open spinifex country and is a small prickly plant with purple flowers that bears green fleshy 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. In contemporary Warlpiri paintings traditional iconography can be used to represent the Jukurrpa, particular sites and other elements.

Artist:Selma Napanangka Tasman
Title:Wanakiji Jukurrpa
ID:3866-14
Medium:Acrylic on Canvas
Size:46 x 30 cm
Region:Yuendumu, Central Australia

Artist

Selma Napanangka Tasman comes from Yuendumu Community, approximately 300km from Alice Springs in Central Australia. She is a Warlpiri woman who paints regularly for Warlukurlangu Artist, an Aboriginal art centre based in Yuendumu. Selma paints her Dreaming, Wanakiji or Bush Tomato.

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