Add a touch of indigenous art and flair to your hair with this gorgeous Pudgy Budgie® Scrunch.
Made with cotton elastane fabric this product features the artwork of Indigenous artist Pauline Napangardi Gallagher who is part of the Warlukurlangu Artists of Yuendumu (Alice Springs, Australia).
Proceeds from the fabric purchase, to craft this product, go directly to Aboriginal people and their community projects. Visit www.warlu.com to find out more.
Artist’s statement:
This particular site of the Yankirri Jukurrpa, (emu Dreaming [Dromaius novaehollandiae]) is at Ngarlikurlangu, north of Yuendumu. The ’yankirri’ travelled to the rockhole at Ngarlikurlangu to find water. This Jukurrpa story belongs to Jangala/Jampijinpa men and Nangala/Nampijinpa women.
In contemporary Warlpiri paintings, traditional iconography is used to represent the Jukurrpa, associated sites, and other elements.
Emus are usually represented by their ‘wirliya’ (footprints), arrow-like shapes that show them walking around Ngarlikurlangu eating yakajim (bush raisin [Solanum centrale]).
In the time of the Jukurpa there was a fight at Ngarlikurlangu between a ‘yankirri’ ancestor and Wardilyka (Australian bustard (Ardeotis australis]) ancestors over sharing the ’yakajirri’.
There is also a dance for this Jukurrpa that is performed during initiation ceremonies."
- Margaret Nangala Gallagher
Made in Melbourne, Australia.
Doubles around a pony tail and wraps a large bun perfectly (depending on hair thickness. Approx.Length: 11-12 cm (unstretched), 20-25 cm (stretched)
