Artist: Lorissa Napurrula Ladd
Title: Ngatijirri Jukurrpa (Budgerigar Dreaming)
Area: N.T
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 30cm x 30cm
Ngatijirri Jukurrpa (Budgerigar Dreaming)

Certificate of Authenticity included with painting
Unstretched – Unframed

Artwork: This Jukurrpa site shown in this painting for Ngattijirri is at Yangarnmpi, south of Yuendumu. ‘Ngatijirri’ are small, bright green birds native to central Australia which are common around the Yuendumu area, especially after the summer rains. Men hunt for nests, robbing them of eggs and juvenile birds, which are both considered delicacies. The men would also go out hunting for adult, flying ‘ngatijirri’ which they would kill by swinging branches, killing sticks or ‘karli’ (boomerangs) to hit the birds in flight.