Awelye & Bush Melon by Betty Mbitjana
Title: Awelye & Bush Melon
ID: 09061665
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 291x152 cm
Artist: Betty Mbitjana
- The U shapes with lines represent awelye
- Each large circles represents a campsite
- The small coloured circles represent bush melon
The artwork depicts Aboriginal iconography which represents as follows:
The artists depiction refers to the womens ceremonies performed at Atnwengerrp - the artist homeland. The circles represent bush melon fruit, which once grew plentiful, but now days difficult to find. The Aboriginal women gathered the fruit, either to be eaten or dried, when bush tucker became scarce.
If you would like to know more about Awelye & Bush Melon and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles, or view video footage of Aboriginal Women applying body paint design:
Aboriginal Symbols Glossary:
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