LORNA NAPARRULA FENCER - DIGGING STICKS AND BUSH TUCKER

 LORNA NAPARRULA FENCER
DIGGING STICKS AND BUSH TUCKER,  2001
123 x 180 cm
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
 
PROVENANCE
Lajamanu, NT
Katherine Art Gallery, N.TCoo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSWArtback, NTFilm of artist painting the work 
 
STORY
This painting tells the Dreamtime story of two women of the Napurrula and Nakamarra skin groups who are searching the countryside for bush tucker with their digging sticks.This painting shows the bush potato which grows tuberous roots underground, so the women must use the digging sticks to find them. The potatoes are collected in the coolamon dishes and carried back to camp to be cooked in hot coals.This Dreaming took place at Duck Ponds in the Northern Territory, Australia.
 
EXHIBITED
Artback, NT 2013, Yulyurlu Lorna Fencer Napurrurla