Title: Bush Yam Flowers
ID: 0509301
Medium: Acrylic on Belgian Linen
Size: 164x124 cm
Artist: Rosemary Petyarre
This beautiful artwork represents the flowers of the yam plant. The yam plant was once an important food source for Anmatyerre people of Utopia in Central Australia. It is also a significant totem to those to have an attachment to the Dreaming. The yam plant is celebrated in the Aboriginal women's awelye ceremonies to ensure its continues germination for generations. In this artwork the artist is paying homage to the spirit of the yam plant.
The Aboriginal women would gather the seeds, then crush and grind them into a thick paste to make bread. In years past, grass seeds were collected in a most unusual way. Because seeds ripened at different stages, many would fall to the ground and be covered by sand, lost from view. Ingeniously the Aboriginal women would look for the nesting site of a particular ant species that they knew collected the seeds, eating a certain portion before discarding the rest in a pile outside the nest. Once the nest was found the women were able to collect the cast off seeds more easily.
If you would like to know more about Bush Yam 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
This beautiful artwork represents the flowers of the yam plant. The yam plant was once an important food source for Anmatyerre people of Utopia in Central Australia. It is also a significant totem to those to have an attachment to the Dreaming. The yam plant is celebrated in the Aboriginal women's awelye ceremonies to ensure its continues germination for generations. In this artwork the artist is paying homage to the spirit of the yam plant.
The Aboriginal women would gather the seeds, then crush and grind them into a thick paste to make bread. In years past, grass seeds were collected in a most unusual way. Because seeds ripened at different stages, many would fall to the ground and be covered by sand, lost from view. Ingeniously the Aboriginal women would look for the nesting site of a particular ant species that they knew collected the seeds, eating a certain portion before discarding the rest in a pile outside the nest. Once the nest was found the women were able to collect the cast off seeds more easily.
If you would like to know more about Bush Yam Dreaming and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles:
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Medium: Acrylic on Belgian Linen
Size: 164x124 cm
Artist: Rosemary Petyarre
This beautiful artwork represents the flowers of the yam plant. The yam plant was once an important food source for Anmatyerre people of Utopia in Central Australia. It is also a significant totem to those to have an attachment to the Dreaming. The yam plant is celebrated in the Aboriginal women's awelye ceremonies to ensure its continues germination for generations. In this artwork the artist is paying homage to the spirit of the yam plant.
The Aboriginal women would gather the seeds, then crush and grind them into a thick paste to make bread. In years past, grass seeds were collected in a most unusual way. Because seeds ripened at different stages, many would fall to the ground and be covered by sand, lost from view. Ingeniously the Aboriginal women would look for the nesting site of a particular ant species that they knew collected the seeds, eating a certain portion before discarding the rest in a pile outside the nest. Once the nest was found the women were able to collect the cast off seeds more easily.
If you would like to know more about Bush Yam 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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