Alison Munti Riley b. 1966
Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) by Alison Munti Riley, 2023
60 x 90 cm
23 5/8 x 35 3/8 inches
23 5/8 x 35 3/8 inches
acrylic on Belgian linen
TIAA-AM202325
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In this painting, Alison depicts a Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) story. Alison depicts the country she knows so intimately, the precious water sources around which medicinal botanicals and nutritious bush...
In this painting, Alison depicts a Wangunu (Bush
Damper Seed) story. Alison depicts the country she knows so intimately, the
precious water sources around which medicinal botanicals and nutritious bush
foods, like bush damper, grow in abundance. She paints the way bush damper seeds
are collected by women, are ground and shaken in a piti (coolamon, or a carved
wooden bowl) to make a flour from which damper, a bread-like tucker, is made.
