Yalka at Karrkurutinytja - Apricot and Pinks on Maroon (Cotton) 50cm DonateMate almost papery texture

almost papery texture

Care: Cold gentle machine wash

desert oaks and wild camels

the large concentric circles represent the design painted onto pregnant women's bellies for ceremony

I have been looking for that Yalka with my grandmother

Yalka at Karrkurutinytja - Apricot and Pinks on Maroon (Cotton) 50cm DonateMate almost papery textureThis fabric by Daphne Marks depicts the Yalka Tjukurrpa the Bush Onion Dreaming at Karrkurutinytja (Lake McDonald). Two old women gather bush onions at the creek bed and travel west, while another woman follows their tracks, collects mungilpa, and eventually becomes a rock at Kurultu. Daphne was passed down the right to paint this story from her grandmother Narputta Nangala Jugadai, Ikuntji's most senior and internationally recognised painter. Daphne