Rosie Pwerle

Ahalpere, Utopia Region

Skin Name: Pwerle
Language Group: Anmatyerre
Country: Ahalpere
Subjects: Anwekety, Awelye (Women’s Ceremony), Country

Collections:
Mbantua Gallery Permanent Collection, Alice Springs
The Robert Holmes á Court Collection, Perth

Rosie's main Dreaming story is the Bush Plum; the seed is represented by
the dot work in the painting. In the Dreamtime, winds blew from all directions
carrying the bush plum seed to Utopia. The first bush plum seed of the Dreaming
grew and bore fruit and dropped more seeds. Many winds blew the seeds all
over the Dreaming lands.
The pattern combines various aspects of this Dreaming and also depicts the leaf of the bush plum.