AM 18288/20

Pauline Nampijinpa Singleton. This particular site of the Yankirri Jukurrpa (Emu Dreaming) is at Garlikurlangu, north of Yuendumu. The ‘yankirri’ travelled to the rockhole at Ngarlikurlangu to find water. This Jukurrpa story belongs to the Jangala/Jampijinpa men and Nangala/Nampijinpa women. In contemporary Warlpiri paintings traditional iconography is used to represent the dreaming, associated sites and other elements. Emus are usually represented by their footprints, arrow-like shapes that show them walking around Ngarlikurlangu eating bush raisin. In the time of the dreaming there was a fight at Ngarlikiurlangu between a bush raisin ancestor and Australian bustard ancestors over sharing the bush raisins. There is also a dance for this dreaming that is performed during initiation ceremonies.