Yam Flower by Anna Petyarre

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ANNA PETYARRE- YAM FLOWER

Anna Petyarre is an eastern Anmatyerre woman, born at Utopia in 1960. Anna's home is Atneltyeye Boundary Bore on the Utopia Homelands approximately 220 km from Alice Springs. Anna’s mother was the late artist Glory Ngale and she is related to Emily Kame Kngwarreye and Kudditji Kngwarreye through her grandfather, who was a brother of Emily and Kudditji's father.

In this painting Anna has focused on images of the Yam Flower. The women of Utopia harvest the leaves of the Yam plant for its medicine. They watch the plant for when it’s flowering it is the best time to harvest it’s leaves for medicinal properties.
 

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