Item - Awelye - Women's ceremony I

ID UNSW P 2007/1004 (110724)
Artist Minnie PWERLE (c. 1910 - 2006)
Title Awelye - Women's ceremony I
Alternate Titles
Category Painting
Medium acrylic on canvas
Materials acrylic pigments, canvas support
Edition Number
Measurements (cms)  
  Height 62.50
  Width 92.50
  Depth 0.00
  Other Frame: 64.2 x 95 x 4.2 cms
Marks/Inscriptions  
  Location
  Signed not signed
Produced  
  When 2004
  Where Australia, NT, Utopia
Style
Subject Women's ceremony
Credit Line
Description/Remarks    Image in red, pink, purple, white and orange on a black ground, depicts "Awelye", the linear patterns applied to the breasts of women prior to ceremonies.
Exhibition History
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