Raymond Walters Japanangka
Raymond Walters JapanangkaAnkerre Jukurrpa (Emu Feathers) Bush Damper Seed Emu Dreaming Water Dreaming
This painting represents the tiny seeds that are harvested and grounded on flat grinding stones to make flour for bush bread (damper).
Also referred to as Atnangkerre Dreaming, Atnangkerre is a plant that produces small seeds which are collected and then grounded to create bush flour to make damper.
Songs are sung during ceremony which tells stories about the gathering of this particular plant. The dots represent the seeds and the lines represent the stems. The seeds were a key element in the diet of the Anmatyerre people for creating damper. It is
a seed that can be only harvested for a short period of time and needs to be harvested before it falls off the plant into the sand.
The painting represents what the harvested seeds and broken stems look like before it is grounded. Raymond says this Dreaming belongs to my late grandmother of Utopia Alhalkerre (boundary Bore) in Central Australia.
Painting size: 119 cm x 98 cm
Raymond Walters Japanangka > Ankerre Jukurrpa (Emu Feathers) | Bush Damper Seed | Emu Dreaming | Water Dreaming
The aboriginal people used seeds from various plants to make flour and damper. Known as “bush damper seed”, the women would pound the seeds into a fine flour. These seeds came from a variety of plants, depending on what was available in the area and at the time, such as Kangaroo Grass (Themeda triandra).
Raymond Walters JapanangkaAnkerre Jukurrpa (Emu Feathers) Bush Damper Seed Emu Dreaming Water Dreaming
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