Pirlala Bush Bean, 2001

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

120 x 120 cm

$2,750

Provenance: Warnayaka Art Centre, Lajamanu, NT, Cat No. L/00-277 Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
Artwork story: This painting tells the dreamtime story about the women and men of Jangala and Nangala skin groups, searching for bush beans. These people travel with all their hunting tools - spears, digging sticks, shields and coolamons. The women collect the bush beans in their coolamon dishes to take home. Beans can be eaten raw or cooked on the fire. This variety of bush bean are considered to be a delicacy. The circles on the outer edge represent the different paces where the bush beans grow. The centre circles depict the bush bean trees. The wavy lines represent vines and other shapes are bush beans. This dreaming took place at Junawarritji in the Northern Territory.

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synthetic polymer paint on canvas

120 x 120 cm

$2,750

Provenance: Warnayaka Art Centre, Lajamanu, NT, Cat No. L/00-277 Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
Artwork story: This painting tells the dreamtime story about the women and men of Jangala and Nangala skin groups, searching for bush beans. These people travel with all their hunting tools - spears, digging sticks, shields and coolamons. The women collect the bush beans in their coolamon dishes to take home. Beans can be eaten raw or cooked on the fire. This variety of bush bean are considered to be a delicacy. The circles on the outer edge represent the different paces where the bush beans grow. The centre circles depict the bush bean trees. The wavy lines represent vines and other shapes are bush beans. This dreaming took place at Junawarritji in the Northern Territory.