Jeannie Mills Pwerle
Desert Yam
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Jeannie Mills Pwerle
Desert Yam
Code: #11082341
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 280x148cm
Year: 2011
Price: $
This artwork depicts Anaty 
or known as the Desert yam.
The Desert yam is an important food source for the Aboriginal people from Utopia in central Australia. The women perform in their awelye ceremonies certain song-lines and dance cycles to show respect for their country and to ensure continues productivity of the Desert yam.
If you would like to know more about the Desert Yam and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles:
- Aboriginal Food
- Aboriginal Women
- Awelye (Women's Ceremony) Art
- Utopia Aboriginal Paintings from the Central Desert
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