JUDY NAPANGARDI MARTIN - BUSH POTATO DREAMING
JUDY NAPANGARDI MARTIN
BUSH POTATO DREAMING, 2011
120 x 60 cm
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
REGION
Lajamanu, NT
PROVENANCE
Warnayaka Art Centre, N.T.
Cooee Art Leven Gallery, N.S.W.
STORY
This Dreaming tells about bush yam or potatoes. The trees are green all year round. When the flowers are on the tree the women know that the potatoes are ready to dig for. They are deep in the ground sometimes more than one metre. The women gather them in the coolamons.
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