Total Price: Sold
In this painting Annie Pitjara Hunter depicts Body Paint. Women’s bodies are decorated in preparation for Awely - Women's Business. The women paint their upper torsos in various clays and ochres and sit and chant the songlines that have been passed down to them from their ancestors. At these ceremonial meetings that the women pass on their tribal Dreamings to the younger ones.
Paint all over here and here and sing - we sing all the time Annie Pitjara Hunter
Artwork Title: Awely - Body Paint
Code: AH514/06
Artist: Annie Pitjara Hunter
Region: Irrultja, Utopia, Northern Territory
Vendor: Utopian Aboriginal Art
Medium: Acrylic on Linen
Size: 62 x 85 cm
Price: Sold
Total Price: Sold
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