#280 Bush Medicine Leaves & Seeds - VANESSA CHARLES Aboriginal Art: 88cm x 146cm

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Artist: Vanessa Charles Nungarrayi

Region: Laramba, Alice Springs, Northern Territory

Title: Bush Medicine Leaves & Seeds

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas

Language: Anmatyere

Bush Medicine Leaves: - `

Bush Medicine Leaves and Seeds are collected for their antiseptic properties and are used for relieving colds, flus, breathing issues and such. It is most often boiled, and the resin used in various ways including inhalation or mixed with kangaroo fat and rubbed onto aching bones and sores. The leaves can also be used to wrap around infected wounds to keep clean and reduce pain using natural made string and bark to hold it on. The plant contains antiseptic properties and smells similar to eucalyptus and mixed herbs. It is still used widely today and also features in modern healing or cleansing mainstream gatherings such as premises smokings.

Gloria Petyarre was the Utopia artist who initially developed the style and representation of this story.

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