May Stundi
Yirta, 2008
acrylic on canvas
90 x 60 cm
679/08
May has painted grass seeds called yirta. After the wet season the grass (depicted down both sides of the painting) bends over and the seeds fall off. The women then...
May has painted grass seeds called yirta. After the wet season the grass (depicted down both sides of the painting) bends over and the seeds fall off. The women then collect the seeds, shown down the centre of the painting, in their coolamons. They then grind them and make a damper from them.