Tangentyere Artists
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Women Collecting Bush Food Women talking about collecting bush food – where the best places are and the best times, whether seasonal or dependent on rain events – All the women sit with their digging sticks and piti’s [coolamons] around the hearth to talk about these aspects of collecting bush Read more…
Artists of Ampilatwatja
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My Father’s Country and Bush Medicine – Rosie Kemarre Morton The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories sit. Rosie has painted her Father’s country, where she can always find bush tucker and bush medicine. She Read more…
Tangentyere Artists
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Kungka Inma Kungka Inma – Women’s Ceremony – all the women dancing ceremony, all painted up and dancing to the singing.
Artists of Ampilatwatja
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Bush Flowers The artists of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories sit. These bush flowers grow seasonly in Alyawarr country, some of which are also used in bush medicine remedies. “When I go out hunting, I like Read more…
WARMUN ART
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Holy Spirit in the Land This image is of the Holy Spirit being in the land with the Milky Way in the skies.
Tangentyere Artists
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Women Collecting Bush Food Women talking about collecting bush food – where the best places are and the best times, whether seasonal or dependent on rain events – All the women sit with their digging sticks and piti’s [coolamons] around the hearth to talk about these aspects of collecting bush Read more…
Tangentyere Artists
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Wardapi Jukurrpa ‘This painting is about the way women hunt Wardapi – that sand goanna. He digs holes in the dunes, makes his nest deep inside. Many of the holes all join up. Women hunt Wardapi in the dunes by digging out the holes. Sometimes cover one, and Wardapi runs Read more…
Tangentyere Artists
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Wayanu and Mangarta Mangarta or Bush tomato (lower left) and Wayanu or bush plum, bush peach or Quandong, along the edge. They growing amongst different bush flowers. Always go looking for them with family during their season. Everyone’s got their favourite places. I showed my family where to go get them Read more…