Facial design Plum designs

Anthropology acquisition A47113

Face on green paper (455x580cm) mounted on cardboard (615x760cm)
Prominent red lips. White highlights to eyes and forehead.
Dots, red, yellow, white in rows, with lines between.

Inscription on drawing:
WADJENELI design for facial decorations. White dots represent a small white plum MURAMBATAMA red dots a small red plum. KUPALITJU
The lines on the face are the limbs of the tree. The white around the eyes represent PINTUMA - the owl
Artist MARUWAMI

Creator: Charles Pearcy Mountford
Control: AA 228/3/2
Quantity:    1   Drawing
Formats: Mounted Works of Art, Drawings
Series:  AA228/3