Yaritji Young | Tjala Inma - Honey Ant Story
OLSEN GALLERY
4 - 28 March 2026
My paintings are of my Country: my father’s Country, my grandmother’s Country, the tjala (honey ant) Country. Everything that my grandmother taught me, I’m teaching to my grandchildren now. They dance because I have shared what I got from my grandmother with my granddaughters, so they can know their culture. I am the Traditional Owner for Amata and the Tjala (Honey Ant) Tjukurpa. I was given the Tjala Tjukurpa by my greatgrandparents and my grandparents. My father, Mick Wikilyiri was born at Apara, a spring near Amata. This is Tjala Country.
The honey ants travelled from Papunya to Makari, through Amata and Apara. The story was passed to these people, my ancestors. My two grandfathers went from Makari to Wama Yungkuntja – the Amata Hills, to give wama (honey) from the ants to Anangu who were there. There are lots of tjala around Amata. When we look for honey ants, we look for the mulga tree. First, we find the working ants on the ground, black with yellow stripes on their back. We follow the ants to the mulga tree and look for the main ant hole, the ngana. We scrape back the sand lightly, and underneath we find the nyinantu –the holes of the small honey ant tunnels. Then we dig down, following the tunnels to find the honey ant ngura (home), and inside are the honey ants.
200 x 187 cm
#41696
$29,500
Yaritji Young | Tjala Inma - Honey Ant Story, 2026
Yaritji Young
Tjala Tjukurpa - Honey Ant Story (96-24AS) , 2024
acrylic on canvas
Yaritji Young
Tjala Tjukurpa - Honey Ant Story (323-22AS) , 2022
acrylic on linen
242 x 197 cm
#41694
$40,000
Yaritji Young
Tjala Tjukurpa - Honey Ant Story (208-25AS) , 2025
acrylic on linen
200 x 300 cm
#41697
$45,000
Yaritji Young
Tjala Tjukurpa - Honey Ant Story (316-25AS) , 2025
acrylic on linen
160 x 160 cm
#41698
$23,000
Yaritji Young
Tjala Tjukurpa - Honey Ant Story (700-23AS) , 2023
acrylic on linen
200 x 200 cm
#36038
35,000
Yaritji Young
Tjala Tjukurpa - Honey Ant Story (324-22AS) , 2022
acrylic on linen
298 x 201 cm
#41695
$45,000
Yaritji Young
Tjala Tjukurpa - Honey Ant Story (774-22) , 2022
acrylic on linen
196 x 196 cm
#34030
$35,000
Yaritji Young
Tjala Tjukurpa - Honey Ant Story (131-26AS) , 2026
acrylic on linen
198 x 152.5 cm
#41723
$25,000
Yaritji Young
Tjala Tjukurpa - Honey Ant Story (483-25AS) , 2025
acrylic on Belgian linen
152 x 122 cm
#41702
$15,000
Yaritji Young
Tjala Tjukurpa - Honey Ant Story (129-26AS) , 2026
acrylic on linen
197 x 198 cm
#41721
$35,000
Yaritji Young
Tjala Tjukurpa - Honey Ant Story (128-26AS) , 2026
acrylic on linen
197 x 198 cm
#41720
$35,000
Yaritji Young
Tjala Tjukurpa - Honey Ant Story (198-25AS) , 2025
acrylic on Belgian linen
122 x 107 cm
#41701
$10,500
Yaritji Young
Tjala Tjukurpa - Honey Ant Story (154-25AS) , 2025
acrylic on linen
200 x 200 cm
#41700
$35,000
Yaritji Young
Tjala Tjukurpa - Honey Ant Story (130-26AS) , 2026
acrylic on canvas
120 x 101 cm
#41722
$10,000
Yaritji Young Tjala Tjukurpa – Honey Ant Story (915-25AS) , 2025
ceramic
31 x 19 x 19 cm
#41728
$5,000
Yaritji Young
Tjala Tjukurpa - Honey Ant Story (133-26AS) , 2026
glazed ceramic
28 x 20 x 10 cm
#41739
$4,500
Yaritji Young
Tjala Tjukurpa – Honey Ant Story (127-26AS) , 2026
ceramic
50 x 25 x 15 cm
#41731
$9,000
Yaritji Young
Tjala Tjukurpa - Honey Ant Story (132-26AS) , 2026
ceramic
32 x 28 x 12 cm
#41736
$6,800
Yaritji Young Tjala Tjukurpa – Honey Ant Story (916-25AS) , 2025
ceramic
30 x 14 x 14 cm
#41729
$5,000
Yaritji Young
Tjala Tjukurpa – Honey Ant Story (926-25AS) , 2025
ceramic
20 x 33 x 33 cm
#41730
$5,000
Yaritji Young Tjala Tjukurpa – Honey Ant Story (128-26AS) , 2026
ceramic
30 x 15 x 15 cm
#41732
$3,500
Yaritji Young
Tjala Tjukurpa – Honey Ant Story (129-26AS) , 2026
ceramic
30 x 30 x 11 cm
#41733
$6,500
Yaritji Young
Tjala Tjukurpa – Honey Ant Story (130-26AS) , 2026
ceramic
35 x 25 x 10 cm
#41734
$6,500
Yaritji Young Tjala Tjukurpa – Honey Ant Story (131-26AS) , 2026
glazed ceramic
30 x 22 x 15 cm
#41735
$5,000
Yaritji Young Tjala Tjukurpa - Honey Ant Story (134-26AS) , 2026
glazed ceramic
20 x 18 x 10 cm
#41740
$2,800
Yaritji Young
Tjala Tjukurpa - Honey Ant Story (135-26AS) , 2026
glazed ceramic
36 x 28 x 15 cm
#41741
$7,500
