Anna Petyarre
Pencil Yam Dreaming
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Anna Petyarre
Pencil Yam Dreaming
Central Art Aboriginal Art Store
Code: 08101343
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 90x60
Year: 2008
Price: NFS
The painting depicts in a linear design the root system of the pencil yam (atnwelarr), as well as the tracks to where the plant is found. It is at these sites where significant ceremonies are performed by the women from Alhalhere, Utopia in Central Australia.
Through song lines, body paint and dance cycle homage is paid to the spirit of the yam plant to ensure perpetual germination. The pencil yam is an principal food source (bush tucker) for the Aboriginal people.
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