Artist: Lorna Naparrula Fencer | Title: Bush Tomato | Year: - | Medium: acrylic on canvas | Dimensions: 98 x 70 cm
PROVENANCE
Warnayaka Art Centre, NT Cat No. P-1028
Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
ARTWORK STORY
The artist has depicted the wild bush tomato, a favoured food of the Warlpiri which grows in abundance through the Tanami desert region.
The bush tomato can be picked green and if left, it will turn to a colour more like the yellow in the background of this small but expressive work. The tomatoes are eaten fresh but are more often collected and dried by piercing them on long sticks and leaving them off the ground in the sun. They are then stored and eaten as desired as a rather savoury treat.
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/ REGION
Lajamanu, NT
LANGUAGE
Warlpiri
BIOGRAPHY
Born c. 1925, at Yarturlu Yarturlu, a Yam Dreaming site, Lorna Fencer, was the custodian of inherited land Yumurrpa situated near Chilla Well, south of the Granites Mine in the Tanami Desert. Continue Reading
PROVENANCE
Warnayaka Art Centre, NT Cat No. P-1028
Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
ARTWORK STORY
The artist has depicted the wild bush tomato, a favoured food of the Warlpiri which grows in abundance through the Tanami desert region.
The bush tomato can be picked green and if left, it will turn to a colour more like the yellow in the background of this small but expressive work. The tomatoes are eaten fresh but are more often collected and dried by piercing them on long sticks and leaving them off the ground in the sun. They are then stored and eaten as desired as a rather savoury treat.
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/ REGION
Lajamanu, NT
LANGUAGE
Warlpiri
BIOGRAPHY
Born c. 1925, at Yarturlu Yarturlu, a Yam Dreaming site, Lorna Fencer, was the custodian of inherited land Yumurrpa situated near Chilla Well, south of the Granites Mine in the Tanami Desert. Continue Reading
