Jeannie Petyarre

Yam

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Yam
© 2011 Central Art - Aboriginal Art Store
Yam

Jeannie Petyarre

Yam

Central Art Aboriginal Art Store
Code: 11092363
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 152x111cm
Year: 2011
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This artwork refers to the root system of the Pencil yam plant in central Australia as well as body marking applied during awelye ceremonies.


Pencil yam is an important bush tucker food for Aboriginal people and is a significant Dreaming to whose to have attachment to the origins of the pencil yam. It is celebrated in their awelye aboriginal dictionary button ceremonies. Certain song lines, body paint and dance cycles are performed to pay homage to ensure perpetual germination of the pencil yam plant.


The Aboriginal women from Utopia aboriginal dictionary button dig them up in creek-beds. They look for the white roots, then cook them in the hot earth beside the fire until they are just firm.


If you would like to know more about the Yam and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles:

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