Designer mug by Aboriginal artist, Liddy Napanangka Walker.  This beautiful bone China mug comes in a gift box with the same design as well as Dreamtime story and artists bio.  Sales of this product directly benefit the artist and her community.

This story of Pirlaria Jukurrpa, (dogwood tree bean Dreaming) comes from the country near to the Yiningnarra range south of the Rabbit Flat and several hundred kilometres to the north-west of Yuendemu.  This Jukurrpa travels west and beings near Yumurrpa.  There women of the Napurrurla/Nakamarra subsection travelled and collected the pirarla (seeds and pods) of the wakirliprri tree, a valuable and highly-prized food source. In the hot summertime the pirlaria seed pods are collected, burnt in a fire and then cracked open.  The seeds inside the pods are then ground up and make a good food.  The juice from the seeds is also edible.

In Warlpiri paintings traditional iconography is used to represent the Jukurrpa and other elements.  In paintings of this Jukurrpa the representative designs that are painted onto women's bodies during their Yawulyu ceremonies are often shown.  The custodians of the Pirlarla Jukurrpa are Jakamarra/Jupurrurla men and Nakamarra/Napurrurla women.