Violet Petyarre
Awelye (Body Painting)
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Violet Petyarre
Awelye (Body Painting)
Medium: Acrylic on Belgium Linen
Size: 90 x 120cm
Year: 2005
Price: $ NFS
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This painting shows Violet’s depiction of “Awelye” or body painting story, which relates to women’s only ceremony. When preparing for ceremony the Anmatyerre women would apply iconography to their upper body using their fingertips and small, sharpened twigs.
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