Benita Cavanagh

Benita Cavanagh

Womens Ceremony

Central Art Aboriginal Art Store
Code: 09101861
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 145x143
Year: 2009
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This artwork depicts women's ceremony. Important elements associated with women's stories are body painting, songlines and dance cycles, which they executed for ceremonies and celebrations of their country.

The symbols and their Meanings illustrated are:

• The concentric circles represent the ceremonial sites
• The meandering lines represent the tracks to significant sites
• The three bold lines represents the dancing tracks

The dots are representation of the central Australian landscape.

If you would like to know more about Women's Ceremony and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles or to view video footage of Aboriginal women dancing during ceremony: -

• Aboriginal Women
• Awelye (Women's Ceremony) Art
• Video footage of Aboriginal women dancing during ceremony

 

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