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1980
Language Group:Anmatyerre
Country:Alhalkere, Utopia Region, North East of Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Medium:Acrylic on Canvas, Wood Carving
Subjects:Anwekety (Conkerberry), Girl, Man, Bird
Kate began painting for Mbantua Gallery in 2006. Her mother Polly Ngale has been a painter for a very long time and Kate is very proud to continue on the tradition and paint alongside her mother. Kate paints her mother's story, the Conkerberry Dreaming. Her sister Bessie Purvis Petyarre also paints.
Kate 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 Kate as a 'bush plum'. In the Dreamtime, winds blew from all directions, carrying the Anwekety seed over Kate'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.