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| Adult size | |
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Beautifully crafted from leather, feathers, rabbit skin and other materials
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| Don Weluk | |
| Framed Archers paper 540*390 mm | |
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Garrdarr is an important ceremony figure
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| Dolly Mills | |
| linen 1510*910 mm | |
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Patterns reflecting the cyclic desert weather and the transformation after rain.
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| Janet Golder | |
| Yam | |
| Linen 1830*605 mm | |
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Janet's interpretation of the very important yam plant
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| Morris Gibson | |
| Mens Story | |
| 1220*1220 mm | |
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| Womans Story | |
| 930*922 mm | |
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Here Inawantji has painted a strikingly vibrant piece showing various womens tasks. Collecting bush tucker amongst dried up river beds and sandhills. The colours reflect her country and its rich culture and beauty
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| Katari | |
| Women's Dreaming | |
| Linen 910*910 mm | |
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This painting is about the location of important women's ceremonial sites, in the artist's country, these sites were created by tingari women ancestors on their travels back in the dreamtime. The lines represent tali, sandhills, where these sites are located.
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| Esther Giles | |
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| Linen 930*915 mm | |
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The painting is believed to depict the mythical sites, of the artists country and is associated with the tingari "womens business". The design patterns shown are painted on the women during some important ceremonies. Further information was not disclosed as they are secret
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| Molly Jugadai | |
| Yam | |
| Linen 920*920 mm | |
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Molly's Sister Dreaming happy naive interpretation of this ancient story
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| Helen Kunoth | |
| Bush seeds | |
| Linen 920*615 mm | |
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This painting represents helen's interpretation of grass and grass seeds. The lines represent grass stems and the intricate dotting the seeds in various stages of growth and ripening. Women collect the grass seeds in season and grind them into a fine powder. This is mixed to a dough with water that is cooked in the fire coals making a damper.
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