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- Region
- Eastern Desert
- Community
- Utopia
- Language group
- Anmatyerr (Anmatyerre)
Yam Seeds in my Grandmother's Country, 2020
synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen
60 x 60 cm
$2,000
- Provenance
- This Is Aboriginal Art, Alice Springs, NT Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
- Artwork story
- Through thousands of tiny rhythmic stokes, Elizabeth depicts the movement of the pencil yam seeds (kame) as they are thrown into the wind to be reharvested. Elizabeth paints some of the yam seeds larger than others indicating a plumpness if there has been rain. She also employs colour to depict the yam seeds and leaves that have dried out and those that are still supple.