Item - Awelye - Anemangkerr

ID UNSW P 2007/1005 (110725)
Artist Minnie PWERLE (c. 1910 - 2006)
Title Awelye - Anemangkerr
Alternate Titles (aka "Awelye - women's ceremony II")
Category Painting
Medium acrylic on canvas
Materials acrylic pigments, canvas support
Edition Number
Measurements (cms)  
  Height 62.00
  Width 92.00
  Depth 0.00
  Other Frame:63.5 x 94 x 4.2cms
Marks/Inscriptions  
  Location
  Signed not signed
Produced  
  When 2004
  Where Australia, NT, Utopia
Style
Subject Women's ceremony
Credit Line
Description/Remarks    Image in blue, green, white, orange and yellow on a black ground, depicts women's ceremonial body paint - the linear patterns applied to the breasts prior to women's ceremonies ("Awelye"); plus small circular shapes representing the bush melon ("Anemangkerr").
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