Awelye (Body Painting) A14660 Paddy Stewart Tjapaltjarri The kangaroo is the largest

The kangaroo is the largest game meat available to the Warlpiri people of the Tanami desert and is an important part of their diet

mountains and rockholes of the Pintupi country

This painting is Lorna’s depiction of Yipandari

'Awelye' is the Anmatyerre word for the women's ceremony and also refers to the designs applied to womenʼs bodies

Awelye (Body Painting) A14660 Paddy Stewart Tjapaltjarri The kangaroo is the largestSize: 156 x 187cm acrylic on linen This painting shows Abies depiction of Awelye or body painting story, which relates to womens only ceremony. When preparing for ceremony the women would apply iconography to their upper body.