Desert Yam by Jeannie Mills Pwerle

Desert Yam by Jeannie Mills PwerleAnaty are desert yams which were once an important food source for Jeannie's people in Utopia, Central Australia. Today Jeannie still loves to go out and dig for them. The linear work in this painting represents the yam and flower, and the dots represent the yam seed.

prepared to sing and dance to help remove any sickness related to the atham-areny

Ntyeny is the Alyawarr word for the red mallee (Eucalyptus pachyphylla)

bluish undertone

screws and D-rings so you can decide when it arrives

This painting is certified by Utopia Lane Gallery as an authentic and original Aboriginal artwork hand painted by Sebella Morton

Bush medicine is widely used here and the knowledge continues to be passed down to younger generations

This practice is not as habitual now due to readymade bread

The intricate strings of dots in this painting map Delvine's country and includes river beds

The plants depicted in Joycie's painting are found in the country around Amperlatwatye in Central Australia and are used for making bush medicine

Atnwengerrp

In the Dreamtime

we can include some loose hanging string