Betty Mbitjana
41cm×37cm
Title: Body Paint
COA supplied
Betty Mbitjana bom C: 1945 in Utopia, Northern Territory, is the daughter of renowned artist Minne Pwerle and the sister of artist Barbara Weir and her husband was
Lena Pwerle's son, Paddy Club, who sadly passed away in 2012.
Betty paints the Awelyc, bush berry, bush
plum dreaming and body paint. Her mother and other women used to collect fruits, cut them up into picces, skewer them on a picce of wood and dry them to be
eaten in times when bush tucker was scarce.
Betty's Awelye paintings depict the
designs that the women would paint on
their bodies, and the dancing tracks which are made
in the sand during women's Awelye ceremony. Through their Awelye ceremonies, women pay homage to their ancestors, show respect for their country
and dance out their collective
maternal role within their community.
$25 postage within Australia,
International post $70
PLEASE NOTE: NO FINAL PICTURE OF ARTIST HOLDING THE PAINTING.