Anwekety

Natasha Kunoth Ngale

Natasha paints the conkerberry. In Anmatyerre the conkerberry is called Anwekety. This fruit looks very similar to a plum and is often referred to in English by Natasha as a ‘bush plum’. In the Dreamtime, winds blew from all directions, carrying the Anwekety seed over Natasha’s ancestors’ land. The first Anwekety of the Dreamings then grew, bore fruit and dropped more seeds. Many winds blew the seeds all over the Dreaming lands.

Natasha learnt to paint by observing Josie Kunoth (Dinny’s wife) and other female artists in Utopia. Currently Natasha

lives in Atnwengerrp with her husband and four

Children.