MB060792
Anwekety (Conkerberry) MB060792-Denisa Hatches Ngale
Denisa Hatches Ngale
$650.00
1992
Language Group:Alyawarre and Anmatyerre
Country:Camel Camp, Utopia Region, North East of Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Medium:Acrylic on Canvas
Subjects:Anwekety (Conkerberry), Bush Tucker, Water Dreaming
Denisa started painting in November 2017. Denisa's main story is Anwekety (Conkerberry or Bush Plum) that passed down to her from her grandfather, Motorbike Paddy. Denisa's grandmother is Kathleen Ngale. Kathleen is a well-known artist and has been painting for Mbantua Gallery for a long time. Denisa lives at Camel Camp with her family.
Denisa paints the conkerberry. In Anmatyerre the conkerberry is called Anwekety. This fruit looks very similar to a plum and is often referred to in English by Denisa as a 'bush plum'. In the Dreamtime, winds blew from all directions, carrying the Anwekety seed over Denisa's ancestors' land. The first Anwekety of the Dreamings then grew, bore fruit and dropped more seeds. Many winds blew the seeds all over the Dreaming lands.
MB060792