Title: Pencil Yam Dreaming
ID: 0509302
Artist: Jeannie Petyarre
Medium: Acrylic on Belgian Linen
Size: 187x124 cm
This painting depicts the root system (wavy lines) and the seasonal transitions of the Pencil yam plant. Aboriginal women from the Utopia region in Central Australia use their digging sticks to locate the white root of the yam plant, which is edible and a principal food source.
The women honour the spirit of the yam plant during their awelye (women's ceremonies). The Aboriginal women who have ownership honour the spirit through body painting, song and dance cycles.
If you would like to know more about the Pencil Yam Dreaming and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles or to view video footage of women dancing during awelye ceremonies.
- Aboriginal Food
- Aboriginal Women
- Awelye (Womens Ceremony) Art
- Video footage: Aboriginal dancing during ceremony
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Description
This painting depicts the root system (wavy lines) and the seasonal transitions of the Pencil yam plant. Aboriginal women from the Utopia region in Central Australia use their digging sticks to locate the white root of the yam plant, which is edible and a principal food source.
The women honour the spirit of the yam plant during their awelye (women's ceremonies). The Aboriginal women who have ownership honour the spirit through body painting, song and dance cycles.
If you would like to know more about the Pencil Yam Dreaming and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles or to view video footage of women dancing during awelye ceremonies.
- Aboriginal Food
- Aboriginal Women
- Awelye (Womens Ceremony) Art
- Video footage: Aboriginal dancing during ceremony
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Medium: Acrylic on Belgian Linen
Size: 187x124 cm
This painting depicts the root system (wavy lines) and the seasonal transitions of the Pencil yam plant. Aboriginal women from the Utopia region in Central Australia use their digging sticks to locate the white root of the yam plant, which is edible and a principal food source.
The women honour the spirit of the yam plant during their awelye (women's ceremonies). The Aboriginal women who have ownership honour the spirit through body painting, song and dance cycles.
If you would like to know more about the Pencil Yam Dreaming and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles or to view video footage of women dancing during awelye ceremonies.
- Aboriginal Food
- Aboriginal Women
- Awelye (Womens Ceremony) Art
- Video footage: Aboriginal dancing during ceremony
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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