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Water peanuts 2001

Accession No.
2003.043
Date Created
2001
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Indigenous Australian Art
Dimensions A
68.2 x 43.2cm
Edition
ed. 19/30
Media Category
Print
Secondary Media Category
intaglio
Medium
Etching and chine collé on paper
Place Created
Darwin
Credit Line
Purchased 2003. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Grant

Water peanuts 2001 depicts a seasonal food source (Eleocharis dulcis) that grows in fresh water sites in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. It is prized as a tasty and nutritious dietary addition. Small creeks and billabongs are places of refreshment and renewal to Kunwinjku people who live amongst the rocks and caves of the Arnhem Land plateau. Fresh water sources in this region are also associated with Yawkyawk, a mermaid-like spirit with hair of green algae, often depicted by the Kunwinjku in paintings and sculptures. 

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SEEDS AND SOVEREIGNTY

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An installation view of ‘Seeds and Sovereignty’, including works by (l–r) Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Minnie Pwerle (© Minnie Pwerle) and Evelyn McGreen and (foreground) mats by Judy Baypungala, Bonny Burarngarra, Lorna Jin-Gubarangunyja and Shirley Malgarrich, March 2024 / © The artists/Copyright agency (unless noted) / Photograph: C Callistemon, QAGOMA

‘Seeds and Sovereignty’

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