Yalka at Karrkurutinytja - Apricot and Pinks on Maroon (Cotton) 50cm DonateMate by Alec B O’Halloran

by Alec B O’Halloran

and the iconic Warliyajarrayi design by Ikuntji Artist Roseranna Larry

desert oaks and wild camels

whilst hiding in the bushed at Pimarrpa (Soakage near Kiwirrkura)

I have been looking for that Yalka with my grandmother

Yalka at Karrkurutinytja - Apricot and Pinks on Maroon (Cotton) 50cm DonateMate by Alec B O’HalloranThis 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