Womens Dreaming A13488 'Watiya Juta' | Mitjili Napurrula These sites are generally used

These sites are generally used for women’s ceremonies

The cross shape in the middle of the painting shows the paths travelled by the Emu - Tennant Creek to the North (bottom right hand corner)

Size: 100 x 100cm

Size: 92 x 121cm

The flowers signal that the bush yam (potato) will start growing underneath the ground

Womens Dreaming A13488 'Watiya Juta' | Mitjili Napurrula These sites are generally usedYear: 2007 Size: 60 x 60cm acrylic on linen This painting shows Nancy's depiction of Awelye or Body Painting story, which relates to womens only ceremony. When preparing for ceremony the Anmatyerre women would apply iconography to their upper body using their fingertips and small, sharpened twigs. Paint was created using coloured ochres mixed with animal fats. The colour black was obtained either from charcoal or over ripe bush plums. There are strict