Bush Onion Dreaming – Janmarda Jukurrpa

This dreaming tells about bush onions. The women dig shallow holes with sticks they sharpen. They search all over their country to feed their families. The bush onions grow in the open areas of the desert.

$220.00

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Medium: Painting
400x300mm Synthetic Polymer Paint on Canvas
Year: 2021
SKU: 439-21

Description

This dreaming tells about bush onions. The women dig shallow holes with sticks they sharpen. They search all over their country to feed their families. The bush onions grow in the open areas of the desert.

Additional information

Weight 0.8 kg

About Mercia Napurrurla Lewis

Mercia has painted at the art centre since 2009 when she lived in Lajamanu.  Since then she now lives in Katherine but always visits family.  When Mercia is here she paints at the art centre.  Mercia paints the traditional stories or body of knowledge for Napurrurla skin.  Diamond doves, snakes, seeds and the harvesting of grain and about where her family comes from – her country.  Her art work is in the tradition of the central desert region of dots. 

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