Colonial Leather Aboriginal Art Rag Strap Bush Potato Dreaming

Colonial Leather Aboriginal Art Rag Strap Bush Potato Dreaming

Bush Potato Dreaming Aboriginal Art fabric sewn on 50mm webbing with 3mm genuine leather ends. Slide adjustable in length from 80cm to 130cm. Made In Australia.

The Warlu Yarla Jukurrpa (Bush Potato Dreaming) fabric is authentic hand painted Indigenous Australian art created by artist Alicka Napanangka Brown and has been printed onto a 100% cotton canvas base. Featuring a rich colour scheme of blues and purples with golden highlights. Specific details of the story and iconography of this artwork are highlighted below in the Artist’s Statement:

Story: “This Yarla Jukurrpa belongs to men of the Japaljarri/Jungarrayi subsections and to Napaljarri/Nungarrayi women. It comes from an area to the east of Yuendumu called Cockatoo Creek. ‘Yarla’ (bush potato [Ipomea costata]) are fibrous tubers that grow beneath a low spreading plant, found by looking for cracks in the ground. This edible tuber grows from ‘yartura’ (roots) which seek out moisture to spout new plants. Yarla are good to eat, when cooked they are really soft and tasty. The Jukurrpa tells of ‘yarla’ and ‘wapirti’ (bush carrot [Vigna lanceolata]) ancestors fighting a big battle in this area. The specific site associated with this painting is a ‘mulju’ (water soakage) called Ngarparapunyu. In contemporary Warlpiri paintings traditional iconography is used to represent the Jukurrpa, associated sites and other elements. The curved lines of the ‘kuruwarri’ (ceremonial designs) represent the ‘ngamarna’ (vine-like tendrils) from which grow ‘jinjirla’ (flowers). ‘Karlangu’ (digging sticks) are usually represented as straight lines. ‘Karlangu’ are used by women to dig for bush tucker like Yarla and Wapirti which are found underground.”

Please note that as this material is cut from a larger piece & design that the pattern may vary.