Bush Medicine

Margaret Ngwarai Long

About Artwork

Code: EDA-ML2041/21

Artist: Margaret Ngwarai Long

Region: Irrultja, Utopia, NT

Medium: Polymer acrylic on cotton canvas

Size: 48cm x 69cm

About Artist

Margaret Ngwarai depicts the significant bush medicine plants found on her country around the Ampilatwatja region in central Australia. By painting bush medicine stories she believes it helps to maintain and promote knowledge and culture for her community.

Knowledge of bush medicine produce from the local native plants is widely used in the Utopia and Ampilatwatja regions in central Australia. The younger generations are taught about the healing properties and value of bush medicine by the older women. They are primarily used for soothing skin infections, arthritis and sprain injuries.

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Ethical Trade Details

Eastern Desert Art is a member of the Indigenous Art Code of Conduct and the Aboriginal Art Association of Australia and sells directly to collectors and galleries nationally and internationally.

To demonstrate provenance, artworks are sold with an Indigenous Australian Art Commercial Code of Conduct Certificate. These Certificates provide the purchaser with information on the artist, the story of their painting (when permitted by the artist under cultural law) and photographs of the artists with their paintings. The artworks are painted on prepared Belgian linen using polymer acrylics.

The local Alyawarre and Anmatyerre artists prepare and work on their paintings at the Eastern Desert art shed located on our property adjacent to Utopia.

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