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Awelye Atwengerrp by Galya Pwerle

90cm x 90cm

$2,950.00

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Women’s ceremonies, called awelye, demonstrate respect for the land and ancestors and ensure well-being and happiness within their communities. Underlying linear patterns in this painting depict Galya's body paint designs and ancestral dancing tracks which are etched in the rocks in her country.

Women of Atnwengerrp trace these designs onto their breasts, arms and thighs, singing as each woman takes her turn to be ‘painted-up’. Their songs relate to the dreamtime stories of ancestral travel, dance and other totemic plants, animals and natural forces.

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Size of painting: Approx 90cm x 90cm
Border: Approx 6cm strip of black canvas border; enough required for wrapping around a 2cm or 3cm deep stretcher frame which is the popular choice for framing Aboriginal art.
Material: Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
This painting comes with a Certificate of Authenticity

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