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Artist: Charmaine Pwerle

Size: 180 x 90cm

Title: Awelye (Women's Ceremonial Body Paint Designs) - Atnwengerrp

Medium: Acrylic on Linen

Year Painted: 2023

Awelye (Women's Ceremonial Body Paint Designs) - Atnwengerrp

Charmaine paints Awelye (Women's Ceremonial and Body Paint Designs) for the ancestral dreamtime stories which belong to her country, Atnwengerrp, in the Utopia Region. Atnwengerrp is also her mother and grandmother's country.

Linear designs in her painting represent Awelye. These designs are painted onto the chest, breasts, arms and thighs. Powders ground from red and yellow ochre (clays), charcoal and ash are used as body paint and applied with a flat stick with soft padding. The women sing the songs associated with their Awelye as each woman takes her turn to be 'painted-up'. Women perform Awelye ceremonies to demonstrate respect for their country and the total well-being and health of their community.

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