Gayla Pwerle
Awelye Atnwengerrp
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Gayla Pwerle
Awelye Atnwengerrp
Central Art Aboriginal Art Store
Code: 0861179
Medium: Acrylic on Belgian Linen
Size: 180x120cm
Year: 2008
Price: AUD$11,000.00 inc. GST
The painting depicts Awelye, body paint design associated with women's ceremony from the artists region of Atnwengerrp, Utopia in Central Australia, concealed with overlapping colour.
The women apply from ground ochre body paint design (markings) onto their upper body, before commencing their ceremony. Ceremonies include many song and dance cycles.
If you would like to know more about Awelye and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles or to view video footage of women applying body paint designs:
- Awelye (Women's Ceremony) Art
- Aboriginal Women
- Utopia Aboriginal Art: Aboriginal Paintings from the Central Desert
- Awelye (Body Paint) - Video of Aboriginal women applying body paint design
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