My Mother's Country by Dora Mbitjana

My Mother's Country by Dora MbitjanaDora draws inspiration from her mother's country, Atnwengerrp, whilst bringing her own dynamic style and technique to the canvas. Symbols represents Awelye (women's body paint), Anemangkerr (bush melons) and an old waterhole symbol that is found etched into the rocks at Anthep; a sacred women's site on Atnwengerrp.

In the hot summer months the honey also trickles out of the flowers and down the tree

Artist: Doreen Kunoth

and are still harvested today

Two different seeds were borne that created two different species of pencil yam

90cm w x 30cm h x 2cm d

210cm w x 120cm h x 2cm d

Most of them are now dry but had plenty of water in them long ago and provided her people with a much needed water supply

cleaned and ground into a flour for making damper

kiln-dried timber

The intricate strings of dots in this painting map Delvine's country and includes river beds

Designs in this painting represent elements of the Alpar Dreaming Story whereby the dry seeds of alpar play a significant role

Vermillion