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    Collecting Bush Food by Josie Kunoth Petyarre

    120cm x 45cm

    Josie's painting depicts olden time people of Apungalingum, with their camp dogs, out on the homelands collecting bush food. They have coolamons (wooden bowls) on their heads filled with ntyerrm (dogweed seeds) and akatyerre (tomatoes). They are also hunting for perentie, sand goanna and bush turkey with spears and boomerangs. Snakes are hiding in the grass. The large featured plants are awenth (dogwood trees); its dreaming belongs to the people of Alhalkere country.

    • This painting comes unstretched and rolled in a tube. See our Custom Stretching page for stretching options.
    • Size of painting: Approx 120cm x 45cm
    • 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

    Artist: Josie Kunoth Petyarre
    Skin name: Petyarre (also spelled Pitjara)
    Language group: Anmatyerre
    Country: Alhalkere
    Region: Utopia, Central Australia
    Born: 1959

    Josie is a vibrant, dynamic, innovative Australian artist, responsible for some of the finest dot paintings to come from Utopia, as well as colourful paintings and carvings and illustrations of the things she loves.

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    Aboriginal art timber stretcher frame

    Catalogue: UL018411
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