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Minnie Pwerle
Women's Ceremony
, 1999
90 x 120 cm. (35.4 x 47.2 in.)
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Minnie Pwerle
Australian, 1922–2006
Women's Ceremony
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1999
Minnie Pwerle
Women's Ceremony
, 1999
90 x 120 cm. (35.4 x 47.2 in.)
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Paintings, Acrylic on canvas
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90 x 120 cm. (35.4 x 47.2 in.)
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SmithDavidson Gallery
Amsterdam / Miami
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Movement
Contemporary Art
Provenance
In this painting Minnie depicts the traditional Body Painting used during women’s ceremony. The people of Utopia used body paint designs for corroborees or ceremonies, celebrating/depicting all aspects of traditional lore. Each clan has its own totem/Dreaming story an the body paint designs are usually the same for each depiction. Long ago, the paint was made up from earth coloured ochres and resins, charcoal and white ash from the campfire were also used. These days acrylic paint has replaced these natural pigments and the designs have become more colourful, still retaining the same basic shapes.
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