Men tags in Aboriginal Art Store Art History & Culture

Aboriginal Food plays a significant role in indigenous art. The seasonal knowledge of where to locate food essential for survival in the Central Desert is enshrined in Dreaming Stories and passed from generation to generation in story, song, dance and paintings. Read More...

Male and female ancestral figures played a major role in the Dreaming and were used as a guide to the partnerships between men and women. Aboriginal women shared an interdependent relationship with the men playing a dominant role in child rearing and food gathering and sharing the roles of healers, law makers, performers, painters and custodians of traditional ways. Women maintain their traditional knowledge through ceremony and more recently through their paintings. Read More...