{"product_id":"yurrampi-jukurrpa-honey-ant-dreaming-original-art","title":"Yurrampi Jukurrpa (Honey Ant Dreaming) - Original Art","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis i\u003c\/span\u003es an original artwork by artist - Colin Jakamarra Gibson, a member of the Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAdditional canvas around the edge of the painting allows for stretching.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtwork measures\u003cstrong\u003e - 30 x 30 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis original artwork is unframed and shipped rolled up to your door! We have very competitive framing options on our site - see tab below to get a free online quote. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA stamped certificate of authenticity is supplied by Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation with this artwork.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWarlukurlangu Artists is famous for its gloriously colourful acrylic paintings and limited edition prints. The Aboriginal art centre has a national and international profile and its art has been featured in hundreds of exhibitions and publications in Australia and around the world. Warlukurlangu means ‘belonging to fire’ in the local language, Warlpiri, and is named for a fire dreaming site west of Yuendumu.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEstablished in 1985 Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation is a not-for-profit organisation that is 100% Aboriginal-owned by its artists from the remote desert communities of Yuendumu and Nyirripi in Central Australia. Proceeds from the sale of all art go directly back to the artists and their community projects. Warlukurlangu Artists is supported by funding from the Australian Government through the Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFree shipping in Australia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eARTWORK STORY:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis painting depicts a ‘yurrampi Jukurrpa’ (honey ant Dreaming). This\u003cbr\u003eJukurrpa has special significance for Warlpiri people living in Yuendumu\u003cbr\u003ebecause it passes right through the Yuendumu community. Yuendumu is \u003cbr\u003etherefore also called ‘Yurrampi’ (honey ant) for this reason. The ‘kirda’\u003cbr\u003e(owners) of this Jukurrpa are Japangardi\/Japanangka men and\u003cbr\u003eNapangardi\/Napanangka women.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis ‘yurrampi Jukurrpa’ begins southeast of Yuendumu at Yulumu and\u003cbr\u003etravels west. The honey ant ancestors made passages and chambers\u003cbr\u003eunderground as they traveled, which created the soakages that remain\u003cbr\u003etoday. After Yulumu, the ‘yurrampi’ went west to Yulyupunyu, a small hill\u003cbr\u003ecalled Yamparlinyi, and a place called Yakurrukaji, where they made a\u003cbr\u003esoakage. This soakage at Yakurrukaji supplied water to the original\u003cbr\u003esettlement of Yuendumu, and is where Yuendumu’s houses stand today.\u003cbr\u003eAfter leaving Yakurrukaji, the ‘yurrampi’ went on to a place called\u003cbr\u003e‘Wanakurduparnta’ west of Yuendumu, where they sat and attracted\u003cbr\u003eother ‘yurrampi’ ancestors to them. Some of the ‘yurrampi’ eventually\u003cbr\u003ewent back east underground and died at Yulyupunyu, while others went\u003cbr\u003eback and died at Yulumu. The ‘yurrampi Jukurrpa’ at Yuendumu is also\u003cbr\u003eassociated with a ‘wakapartari Jukurrpa’ (mulga worm Dreaming) and\u003cbr\u003e‘jipilyaku Jukurrpa’ (duck Dreaming), all of which overlap at Yakurrukaji.\u003cbr\u003e‘Yurrampi’ (also called ‘yunkaranyi’) are a prized delicacy, considered\u003cbr\u003ewell worth the enormous effort it takes to dig them out of the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHoney ant nests can be located by looking for honey ants that are\u003cbr\u003ewalking around on the ground and following them back to the entrance of\u003cbr\u003etheir nest. These foraging honey ants are called ‘jaka-liirli’ and can be\u003cbr\u003eidentified by a little yellow stripe on their bottoms. When digging up the\u003cbr\u003enest, people look for streaks of bright red soil (‘kanjirtirirtiri’) that signify\u003cbr\u003ethat they are getting close to the underground honey ant chambers\u003cbr\u003e(called ‘minki’). Honey ants ants dig tunnels quite deep underground in\u003cbr\u003e‘jirrijirrirnpa’ (mulga woodland country). Branching from these\u003cbr\u003epassageways are chambers in which the edible honey ants are\u003cbr\u003esuspended from the ceilings, full of nectar collected from ‘yanyirlingi’\u003cbr\u003e(desert fuchsia [Eremophila latrobei]). With their swollen abdomens, the\u003cbr\u003eants are unable to move. People pick them out, gather them in ‘parraja’\u003cbr\u003e(coolamons), and eat their abdomens, which taste like honey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn contemporary Warlpiri paintings, traditional iconography can be used\u003cbr\u003eto represent the Jukurrpa, particular sites, and other elements. In\u003cbr\u003epaintings of this Jukurrpa, concentric circles can represent the soakages\u003cbr\u003ecreated by the ‘yurrampi’ ancestors. These circles can be connected by\u003cbr\u003elines representing the ‘yurrampi’ ancestors’ tracks. Straight lines can\u003cbr\u003erepresent the ‘karlangu’ (digging sticks) used to dig up the honey ant\u003cbr\u003enests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Warlukurlangu Artists","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54350940700961,"sku":"949\/24ny","price":188.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2691\/2256\/files\/Screenshot2026-11-04at2.16.52pm.png?v=1793762670","url":"https:\/\/greenhouseinteriors.com.au\/en-gb\/products\/yurrampi-jukurrpa-honey-ant-dreaming-original-art","provider":"Greenhouse Interiors","version":"1.0","type":"link"}