Ladju (Witchetty Grub)
This a the ladju that we eat from the tree. We cut it out of a gum tree and you can cook it or eat it raw.
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Luga – Cracked mud
Kittey has depicted the drying and cracked mud of her mother’s country along the Sturt River. She describes the area where she visited as a child along the banks and waterholes by the river as black soil country.“When we were young, my sisters and cousins would play with dried and cracked mud flats. The “Looka” is the name we had for the dried mud flats. In the wet seasons and after a big tide on the Sturt River the water would rise up on the black mud flats, as it dried it would turn crystal like salt. We would play making cakes from the dried shapes and sometimes play like stepping stones. Sometimes the old people would eat these cracked mud cakes as bush medicine for the salt. I like making paintings from my memories from when we were young and all together.”
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Jillynbeng
In this artwork Peggy has depicted a bush tucker known as Jilinybeng or “bush cucumber”. This plant grows as a vine and you have to search for it amongst the grasses. Typical of the artist’s recent work the background is flecked with strokes of paint representing the spinifex and grasses being blown by the wind. For the artist this movement of the grasses as the wind blows across the country is evidence that the spirit of culture is alive because “you can see it.” The bush lemon fruit is a grey/green colour that ripens in the wet season and is collected either from the vine directly or on the ground where the fruit has dropped. “This fruit can be eaten when raw but if you eat too much it makes your tongue bright red and hurts your lips. You can also boil the fruit and drink the liquid. Jilibnybeng is very good for you because it is high in Vitamin C.”
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Mejerran – Black Plum
Anita paints the Mejerren (black plum) tree laden with its sweet fruit. These trees often grow in hilly areas.
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Jilinybeng
In this artwork Peggy has depicted a bush tucker known as “bush cucumber”. This plant grows as a vine and you have to search for it amongst the grasses. The bush cucumber, more like a bush lemon fruit, is grey/green in colour and ripens in the wet season. It is collected either from the vine directly or on the ground where the fruit has dropped. “This fruit can be eaten when both unripe and ripe, but if you eat too much it makes your tongue bright red and hurts your lips.”
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Peter Newry – Thegoowiyeng
“Thegoowiyeng – Kelly’s Knob is where the art centre is and the Mirima Community for Miriwoong people. In the Narrangarni between the big hill and the small one there used to be a freshwater spring. People used to get water from there but the sands have covered it up now.”
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Wandjina and the Jillina ( Bush Woman)
Jillina is the mythical bush woman. The Wandjina is punishing the woman for doing something wrong. So she was by herself away from the tribe. These are the lonely women looking for a man.