Rug Wool 3x5ft (91x152cm)-ROR417
$408.00 (excl. GST)
Rug Wool 4x6ft (122x183cm)-DYM931
SKU: BDYM931RW4X6
$690.00 (excl. GST)
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This is a teaching painting depicting a dry season in Damien’s homeland, Mount Liebig, in the Northern Territory. It illustrates aspects of the landscape and culture as told to Damien by his great-grandparents.
Women sit with children collecting bush potatoes, represented by the red shapes at the top of the painting, while preparing for Inma (ceremony). One man, a Wati, sits with his Waru. Controlled burnings take place across the dry spinifex, encouraging good fruit growth.
The small star-like symbols represent women’s body paint, applied to each other for inma. A dry creekbed winds through the painting (shown in red and white), accompanied by cracks in the claypans, dried rockholes (Tjukula), and sandhills (Tali).
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Description
- Image design by an Australian Aboriginal artist
- Royalties are paid to the artist once a month
- Artisanal hand-embroidered
- Cotton canvas base with non-slip backing
- Wool hand-embroidered onto canvas base
- Packaging: wrapped with a cotton bow and supplied with certificate of authenticity, including artist info and artwork story
- 122 x 183cm
- Dry clean – Per-clean or spot clean with a damp cloth
- Plastic Free
- Made in Kashmir
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ART BY DAMIEN AND YILPI MARKS