Artiste : Amy Yilpi (1967)

Titre de l'œuvre : Maku

Format : 152 cm x 101 cm

Provenance et certificat : centre d'art aborigène de Mimili Maku

Référence de cette peinture aborigène : 137-22

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Explications pour cette peinture d'art Aborigène :

Amy paints the Maku (Witche􀆩y 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.