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  • Dora Mbitjana
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana 120cm x 45cm $880.00 AUD
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana 180cm x 120cm $3,300.00 AUD
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana 120cm x 45cm $880.00 AUD
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana 60cm x 60cm $600.00 AUD
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana 90cm x 90cm $1,298.00 AUD
    Body Paint by Dora Mbitjana
    Body Paint by Dora Mbitjana
    Body Paint by Dora Mbitjana 60cm x 45cm $440.00 AUD
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana 120cm x 45cm $880.00 AUD
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana 90cm x 30cm $440.00 AUD
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana 30cm x 30cm $189.00 AUD
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana
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    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana 120cm x 90cm
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    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana 90cm x 30cm $440.00 AUD
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana 60cm x 45cm $440.00 AUD
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana
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    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana 30cm x 30cm
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    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana 30cm x 30cm $189.00 AUD
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana 45cm x 45cm $330.00 AUD
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana 180cm x 60cm $1,650.00 AUD
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana | Stretched
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    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana | Stretched 30cm x 30cm $250.00 AUD
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana | Stretched
    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana | Stretched
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    My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana | Stretched 30cm x 30cm $250.00 AUD
    Who is Dora

    Dora is an Anmatyerre woman from Ahalpere country in Central Australia. Born in 1965 to Minnie Pwerle and Motorcar Jim. Sister to Barbara Weir and Betty Mbitjana. Wife, mother and grandmother.

    Her paintings are visual representations of her mother's country, Atnwengerrp, which is located in the northern reaches of the remote Utopia region.

    Curvilinear designs represent Atnwengerrp women’s ceremonial body paint designs.

    Concentric circles represent waterholes and small circles represent anemangkerr.

    Anemangkerr is a small bush melon or bush tomato that grows in northern Utopia and is sacred to the people of Atnwengerrp and Irrwelty. It is high in Vitamin C and favoured for its keeping qualities.

    Atnwengerrp country is located in the far north reaches of Central Australia's remote Utopia region. Dora's family still live there.

    [Pictured: Dora's aunts Emily and Galya Pwerle on Atnwengerrp country]

    Q+A

    Dora paints 'My Mother's Country' using designs inspired by her mother, Minnie Pwerle's, paintings who painted elements of Atnwengerrp country.

    Linear motifs represent Atnwengerrp women’s ceremonial body paint, small circles represent anemangkerr (a small and sacred bush melon) and concentric circles represent waterholes on Atnwengerrp country.

    Yes. Minnie Pwerle was Dora's mother.

    Family

    Galya Pwerle

    aunt

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    Minnie Pwerle

    mother (dec)

    Emily Pwerle

    aunt

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    Lizzie Morton

    second cousin

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    Jessie Hunter

    first cousin

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