Details of Mulupuku

Catalog Number : 26026
Size : 75cm x 50cm
Medium : acrylic on linen
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In this painting Bai Bai depicts an important bush food, Mulupuku that can be found in her country around Lake Mackay, south of Balgo. The lines in the painting depict the tali (hills)vwhere native grasses grow in the wet season. It is from this landscape that the women gather seeds. The seeds are then washed several times before they are ground up to make a flour-like substance used to make damper. The areas on either side of the central white area in the painting illustrates the ground that leads to the swamp.