Awelye - Women's Ceremony Size:80 x 120 cm The importance lies not solely

The importance lies not solely in the paint itself but also in the communal painting process

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I was walking and worrying all the time about my mother but I kept going

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Awelye - Women's Ceremony Size:80 x 120 cm The importance lies not solelyAda Bird Petyarre, c. 1930 2009 Born around 1930 on Utopia Station at Atnangkere, Ada lived the last part of her life at Mulga Bore (borders Utopia). Her country was Atangkere and she is an Anmatyerre Alyawarre speaker. Many of her paintings are based on women's body paint and incorporate notions of bush medicine, the bush bean, the Emu, Pencil Yams and grass seeds. However, she also shares with her six sisters the Thorny Mountain Devil Lizard