Damper Seeds
Raelene Williams Ngala
Artwork Year
2023
Dimensions
95 x 71 cm
Medium
acrylic on canvas
$1,950.00
Raelene paints Bush Damper Seeds. The bush damper seed grows around waterholes on the tips of desert grasses, and are collected by the women and ground into a flour using a grinding stone. The flour is then mixed with water and out on hot coals to make damper, a type of bush bread.
Raelene Williams Ngala is from the Pitjantjara Utopia region of the Northern Territory.