Scarf | Cotton | Damien and Yilpi Marks | Ceramics this dish features a softly

this dish features a softly scalloped shape with a hand-painted squirrel illustration at the centre

Artist: Mitjili Napurrula

These ties a produced through working directly with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art centres

About Shirley Purdie

Scarf | Cotton | Damien and Yilpi Marks | Ceramics this dish features a softlyThis is a teaching painting, describing a dry season in Damien's homeland, Mount Liebig, in the Northern Territory. It illustrates aspects of landscape and culture that was told to Damien by his great grandparents. Women sit with children collecting bush potatoes (the red shapes at the top of the painting) and are preparing for inma (ceremony). One man, wati, sits down with his waru (spear). Controlled burnings are taking place as the spinifex is dry,