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Warakurna: All the stories got into our minds and eyes  Has the
plane come?  Yilkaringkatjanyayi Pitja?   A sculpture depicting
an aeroplane with its wheels down. The sculpture is made of
woven grass, plant material dyed in different colours, wool and
metallic thread. Yilkaringkatjanyayi Pitja? (Has the plane
come?), Dianne Ungukalpi Golding, raffia, minarri (greybeard
grass), wool and feathers, 740 x 1050 x 60 mm. Photo: Katie
Shanahan.  The Ngaanyatjarra word ‘Yilkaringkatja’ means
literally ‘thing from the sky’. It is often used as the word for
‘aeroplane’.