Original Aboriginal art for sale by Ruth Napangardi Langdon a painter with the Aboriginal owned art centre, Warlukurlangu in Yuendumu a remote Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory.

The ready to hang artwork has been painted from all directions so you can choose whether to display it vertically or horizontally.

The Artwork Story

The Wanakiji Jukurrpa (bush tomato [Solanum chippendalei] Dreaming) travels through Yaturlu (near Mount Theo, north of Yuendumu). “Wanakiji” 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 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.

Buy this original Aboriginal artwork as a souvenir or for a special Australian gift for family and friends in Australia or overseas.