Medicine Leaves MK18115 Ningura Napurrula Gibson There’s not really any big

There’s not really any big story for this place

wooden artefact

Size: 70 x 130cm

Rusty Peters is a senior Gija man from the East Kimberley’s in Western Australia

All this area is from Yarlgarla

Medicine Leaves MK18115 Ningura Napurrula Gibson There’s not really any bigYear: 2014 Size: 95. 5 x 148cm acrylic on linen This painting shows Glorias depiction of Medicine Leaves, a bush that grows in the Atnangkere country near Utopia in Central Australia. The leaves are collected by the women of the Anmatyerre tribe and used for traditional healing. The leaves are collected and boiled, to extract the resin. After this the leaves are mixed with kangaroo fat to make a paste. The paste can last for several months. The paste