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Paddy Japaljarri Stewart Rug #7 2009
Chain stitched wool rug on heavy cotton 600 x 900mm $270
This rug is from an original painting and shows the Tjukurrpa (dreamtime) story of the Crow. The place created
by Crow is desert oak, a tree like mulga and grows very thick. We hold that Dreaming and the place where the
Dreaming Crow perched. It is ours; it belongs to us 0 the land, the Dreaming. Wangarlanjiri is the names of the
place where the Crows all flocked together, where they were all hovering around. This story is about the sacred
earth created from the Dreamings. Crows lay their eggs in a nest and look after them until they have hatched.
Then, when the young have grown they fly away. The Dreaming ground of the Crows is black, like the Crows
themselves. They all flew away to the south and scattered in every direction. On the top of the painting I have
shown the possum dreaming. The possum was an old man who was all alone. You can see the sun, moon and
stars. He was alone at the swamp when the Dawn Dreaming appeared. Day appeared to him as he sat all alone
near that swamp which is called Parrarlpnaturnu – place of the Dawn. He had come from Yakurdiyi and Dawn
came upon him at Parralpantutnu.