Margaret Scobie
Bush Medicine Leaves
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Margaret Scobie
Bush Medicine Leaves
Central Art Aboriginal Art Store
Code: 0801929
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 91x74
Year: 2008
Price: NFS
This painting depicts particular leaves the Aboriginal women collect from Utopia 
in central Australia. These leaves contain medicinal properties. The leaves are boiled , kangaroo resin added and made into a paste, which Aboriginal people use as a bush medicine for wounds, cuts, bites, boils and rashes.
Bush medicine is important to the women and homage is paid in their awelye ceremonies.
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