Awelye (Body Painting) MK18231 Colour Masters' | Aboriginal Art The only people to see

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His detailed knowledge of his land and stories is portrayed in his paintings using traditional red and yellow ochres and black charcoal

Size: 48 x 63cm

Size: 122 x 183cm

Awelye (Body Painting) MK18231 Colour Masters' | Aboriginal Art The only people to seeYear: 2020 Size: 40 x 88. 5cm acrylic on linen This painting shows Margarets depiction of Awelye or body painting story, which relates to womens only ceremony. When preparing for ceremony the Anmatyerre women would apply iconography to their upper body arms, breasts, chests using their fingertips and small, sharpened twigs. Paint was created using crushed coloured ochres (clay) mixed with animal fats. The colour black was obtained either from charcoal