Bush Potato, 2000

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

258 x 151 cm

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Provenance: Direct from artist Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW Accompanied by a photograph of the artist creating the artwork
Exhibited: From Tip to Tip, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, July 2010
Artwork story: This painting depicts Wapartali - the Little Bush Potato. This is a favourite food of the Warlpiri and the major totem for this artist. In what is the major dreaming story for for Napurrulla women Wapartali and Yumurpa - the Big Bush potato fight a battle which ends in a just settlement. It is a morality tale about how Warlpiri people live in harmony. It is also one of the major ceremonial stories for the artist.

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c.1924–1925 – 2006

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

258 x 151 cm

Price on application — enquire

Provenance: Direct from artist Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW Accompanied by a photograph of the artist creating the artwork
Exhibited: From Tip to Tip, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, July 2010
Artwork story: This painting depicts Wapartali - the Little Bush Potato. This is a favourite food of the Warlpiri and the major totem for this artist. In what is the major dreaming story for for Napurrulla women Wapartali and Yumurpa - the Big Bush potato fight a battle which ends in a just settlement. It is a morality tale about how Warlpiri people live in harmony. It is also one of the major ceremonial stories for the artist.