Swamps near Nyrripi A14373 Minnie Pwerle The vine is also used

The vine is also used to tie around the forehead to cure headaches

The Bush Plum is a small native blackberry which grows on the Conkerberry bush after good rains

acrylic on linen

Still to this day many Aboriginal people that live in the desert rely on traditional bush food as a part of their diet

Size: 45 x 120cm

Swamps near Nyrripi A14373 Minnie Pwerle The vine is also usedSize: 120 x 180cm acrylic on linen Ngoia paints her fathers country, which is a sacred Warlpiri territory. The oval shapes in her paintings are an iconographic representation of the swamps and lakes near Nyrripi (Talarada) north west of Mount Liebig, approx 200kms west of Alice Springs. The fine detailed dots represent the water drying up and the cracks in the ground forming.