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AwelyeOriginal Aboriginal ArtKathleen Petyarre (c.1938 to 2018)Boomerang Art
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AwelyeOriginal Aboriginal ArtKathleen Petyarre (c.1938 to 2018)Boomerang Art
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AwelyeOriginal Aboriginal ArtKathleen Petyarre (c.1938 to 2018)Boomerang Art
AwelyeOriginal Aboriginal ArtKathleen Petyarre (c.1938 to 2018)Boomerang Art

Kathleen Petyarre (c.1938 to 2018)

Awelye - Women's Ceremony

Acrylic on Linen 120 x 180 cm

Cat.No: 9861

POA

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The title Awelye is the Aboriginal word used for women's ceremonial body paint. The designs have been applied to the upper body and thighs of people prior to ceremonies, a practice going back more than 40,000 years. Firstly the dancers covered their bodies with animal fat and after applied ochre, charcoal and ash for the design. Kathleen and her sisters painted their body for ceremonies all their life. Later, in the midst of their painting career in the mid nineties I watched Kathleen together with sisters Ada and Gloria, all of them having painted their bodies, performing dances at the Aboriginal Art Centre in Adelaide.

Location: storage

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