Louise Numina
Bush Melon
$ 1,200.00
1 in stock
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Louise Numina Napanangka
C/No.16411
95 x 94cm
Canvas
Bush Melon Dreaming comprises small circles of color strewn across the canvas. This Dreaming tells the story of the sweet bush tucker that comes from a very small bush and is only found in Atnwengerrp (Utopia, NT). Once very abundant and fruiting in the summer it is now very hard to find. The women used to collect this fruit and scrape out the small seeds. They would then eat the fruit immediately or cut it into pieces and skewer them onto a piece of wood and dry them to be eaten in the coming months when bush tucker was scarce.
