Artist: Louise Numina Napananka
Title: Bush Medicine Leaf
Language Group: Anmatyerre
Area: Stirling, N.T.
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 128cm x 60cm
Bush Medicine – Healing Leaves
Certificate of Authenticity included with painting
Stretched
Artwork: Bush Medicine Dreaming depicts the leaves of a special plant that is used to aid in the healing process. The leaves are collected and then boiled to extract the resin from the leaves. After this resin is mixed with kangaroo fat collected from the kangaroo’s stomach. This creates a paste that can be stored for up to six months in bush conditions.
This medicine is used to heal cuts, wounds, bites, rashes and as an insect repellent. By painting about ‘Bush Medicine Dreaming’ the artist is paying homage to the spirit of the medicine plant in the hope that it will regenerate, enabling the people to use its healing powers.
