Awelye: buy Minnie Pwerle Paintings from Central Art

Awelye by Minnie Pwerle

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The painting refers to two significant elements; Awelye and Bush Melon; from the late Minnie Pwerle's homeland of Atnwengerrp, Utopia in Central Australia.

Illustrated symbols are:

The U shapes represent a woman
The lines represent body markings
The small circles represent the bush melon
The concentric circles represent a ceremonial site

Awelye refers to womens ceremonies and body paint. The women anoint their upper body with oil and apply ochre markings, before dancing their ceremony.

The bush melon (bush tucker) is said to be found only in Atnwengerrp. The Anmatyerre women gather the fruit to be eaten or dried and stored to be consumed when bush tucker was 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 to view video clip of Aboriginal Women applying body paint design: -