Awelye (Body Painting) MK17217 Angelina George ‘Awelye’ or body painting designs

‘Awelye’ or body painting designs also feature in this painting

Size: 121 x 183cm

They are an important food source for the Anmatyerre people of Central Australia

Snake Vine is a rope-like creeper that grows up the trunks and limbs of trees

The colour black was obtained either from charcoal or over-ripe bush plums

Awelye (Body Painting) MK17217 Angelina George ‘Awelye’ or body painting designsSize: 121 x 122cm acrylic on linen This painting shows Abie Loy Kemarres depiction of Awelye or body painting story, which relates to womens only ceremony. When preparing for ceremony the Anmatyerre women would apply iconography to their upper body using their fingertips and small, sharpened twigs. Paint was created using coloured ochres mixed with animal fats. The colour black was obtained either from charcoal or over ripe bush plums. There are