Bush Leaves MK17136 Colour Masters' | Aboriginal Art vegetation and rockholes and sites

vegetation and rockholes and sites where the women perform their ceremonies

The women would take the young girls out into the country and teach them where and how to collect the food

Each one went around on his own

trying in vain to wake up his brother

Bush Leaves MK17136 Colour Masters' | Aboriginal Art vegetation and rockholes and sitesYear: 2010 Size: 60 x 120cm acrylic on linen This painting shows Abies depiction of Bush Leaves, a bush that grows in the Atnangkere country in Central Australia. The leaves are collected by the women of the Anmatyerre tribe and boiled, to extract the resin. After this the leaves are mixed with kangaroo fat to make a paste. The paste, which has a pleasant aroma, is then used for bathing.