Title: Bush Tucker Dreaming
ID: 0841063
Artist: Hilda Bird Petyarre
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 140x72 cm
The painting depicts various edible plants (bush tucker) Aboriginal women gather, a staple food source for Aboriginal people living in Central Australia.
Aboriginal women pay homage in their ceremonies with many song lines and dance cycles to ensure perpetual germination.
Plants and seeds illustrated are:
- The green vine in the middle represents the bush banana
- The half circle top and bottom represents the bush plum
- The half circle to the left represents the bush tomato
- The half circle to the right represents the bush potato
- Yellow and purple (top) hues represent the seeds to make damper
- Green and yellow (bottom) hues represent the seed of the bush tomato
If you would like to know more about the Bush Tucker Dreaming and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles:
An Australian Aboriginal artwork should always be issued with a Certificate of Provenance, also known as a Certificate of Authenticity. This document contains vital information on the artist, as well as details about the artwork itself. When selling on an artwork, please ensure that this document is passed on. Authenticity of Provenance means that the origin or authorship of a work of art has been correctly identified.
Central Art follows a well defined provenance and authenticity process to ensure that we are an exemplar in our business practice . Careful and detailed documentation follows – each work is given a catalogue number, inscribed on the back of the artwork with the Central Art stamped logo, the artist's signature and the title of the work.
Printed on the Certificate of Provenance is a copyright acknowledgement that reads as follows:
This work is copyright. The copyright is owned by the Artist and his/her people. This painting may not be reproduced in part, in whole, or in any other form without the permission of the Artist or his/her inheritors clearly in writing, with all knowledge prior to final proof to the family concerned – then only when clearance has been approved.
Description
The painting depicts various edible plants (bush tucker) Aboriginal women gather, a staple food source for Aboriginal people living in Central Australia.
Aboriginal women pay homage in their ceremonies with many song lines and dance cycles to ensure perpetual germination.
Plants and seeds illustrated are:
- The green vine in the middle represents the bush banana
- The half circle top and bottom represents the bush plum
- The half circle to the left represents the bush tomato
- The half circle to the right represents the bush potato
- Yellow and purple (top) hues represent the seeds to make damper
- Green and yellow (bottom) hues represent the seed of the bush tomato
If you would like to know more about the Bush Tucker Dreaming and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles:
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Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 140x72 cm
The painting depicts various edible plants (bush tucker) Aboriginal women gather, a staple food source for Aboriginal people living in Central Australia.
Aboriginal women pay homage in their ceremonies with many song lines and dance cycles to ensure perpetual germination.
Plants and seeds illustrated are:
- The green vine in the middle represents the bush banana
- The half circle top and bottom represents the bush plum
- The half circle to the left represents the bush tomato
- The half circle to the right represents the bush potato
- Yellow and purple (top) hues represent the seeds to make damper
- Green and yellow (bottom) hues represent the seed of the bush tomato
If you would like to know more about the Bush Tucker Dreaming and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles:
An Australian Aboriginal artwork should always be issued with a Certificate of Provenance, also known as a Certificate of Authenticity. This document contains vital information on the artist, as well as details about the artwork itself. When selling on an artwork, please ensure that this document is passed on. Authenticity of Provenance means that the origin or authorship of a work of art has been correctly identified.
Central Art follows a well defined provenance and authenticity process to ensure that we are an exemplar in our business practice . Careful and detailed documentation follows – each work is given a catalogue number, inscribed on the back of the artwork with the Central Art stamped logo, the artist's signature and the title of the work.
Printed on the Certificate of Provenance is a copyright acknowledgement that reads as follows:
This work is copyright. The copyright is owned by the Artist and his/her people. This painting may not be reproduced in part, in whole, or in any other form without the permission of the Artist or his/her inheritors clearly in writing, with all knowledge prior to final proof to the family concerned – then only when clearance has been approved.
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