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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Amy Yilpi, Maku, 2022

Amy Yilpi Australian, Pitjantjatjara & Yankunytjatjara, b. 1967

Maku, 2022
synthetic polymer paint on linen
122 x 152 cm
894-22
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Amy paints the Maku (Witchetty Grub) Songline that shapes the land around Mimili. The Maku is an edible grub that lives in the roots of the Witchetty Bush. Particularly after...
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Amy paints the Maku (Witchetty Grub) Songline that shapes the land around Mimili. The Maku is an edible grub that lives in the roots of the Witchetty Bush. Particularly after big rains, it is a good time for Maku. Amy and the ladies from Mimili often go out bush to dig up Maku from the roots of the Witchetty Bush, and slowly roast it in the embers of the fire. It is a delicious bush food!

Mimili Community is home to 300 Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara people who have been living in the area for millennia in harmony with nature and acting as custodians of the land and the Tjukurpa (creation stories). Mimili was formerly known as Everard Park, which was a cattle station that was returned to Aboriginal ownership through the 1981 APY Lands Act. Mimili Community was incorporated as an Aboriginal Community in 1975.
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