16 PS002
Paddy Sims Japaljarri Yanjirlpiri - Star 2003
Etching: Sugar lift painting, deep bite, aquatint & relief roll on 2 plates. 325x490mm, 560x760mm $850
Yanjirlpiri, meaning ‘star’ in Warlpiri is the place for this Dreaming. There is a collection of rock clusters there,
which are stars that came down to earth to rest on the ground. It is an important place for initiation ceremonies
and part of this Jukurrpa or Dreaming is closely associated with secret sacred business. Seven Dreamtime
Napaljarri women (known astrologically as the Pleiades) are being pursued by a Jakamarra man (the Morning
Star in Orion’s belt). The women travelled from Purrpala to Yaripilangu and onto Kurlunyalimpa near Yanjirlpiri.
Here in a final attempt to escape the Jakamarra they become fire and ascend to the heavens to become stars.
They can be seen in the night sky today, forever just out of reach of the Jakamarra. This Dreaming belongs to
Japaljarri and Jungarrayi men and Napaljarri and Nungarrayi women and much of it cannot be disclosed to the
uninitiated. This is another version (a Warlpiri one) of the Nakarra Nakarra Dreaming of the Kukatja.

Medium: Etching: Sugar lift painting, deep bite, aquatint and relief roll on two plates
Edition Size: 99
Printer: Natasha Rowell and Basil Hall
Studio: Basil Hall Editions, Darwin
Etching: Sugar lift painting, deep bite, aquatint and relief roll on two plates Created At: Yuendumu, NT on July,
2002
Print Published: Darwin, NT on May, 2003
Paper: Magnani Pescia, 300gsm white
Paper Height: 560 mm ( 22.0" )
Paper Width: 760 mm ( 29.9" )
Image Height: 325 mm ( 12.8" )
Image Width: 490 mm ( 19.3" )
I.D. : PS002