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EILEEN BIRD NUNGARRAYI

EILEEN BIRD NUNGARRAYI - ARLATYEYE

EILEEN BIRD NUNGARRAYI - ARLATYEYE

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EILEEN BIRD NUNGARRAYI

TITLE: ARLATYEYE 

ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
87CM X 29.5CM

EILEEN HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO OF EILEEN WITH HER ARTWORK WILL BE PROVIDED

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Born: c1956.  Utopia   Northern Territory

Known as: NungariLanguage: Eastern Arrernte & Anmatyerre
Dreaming’s: Awelye (Women’s Ceremony and Body Paint Designs), Arlatyeye (Bush Yam/Pencil Yam)

 

Eileen was born in Eastern Arrernte country. She spent her formative years near Hearts Range which is approximately 215km northeast of Alice Springs.

She married Paddy Bird (now deceased) who was also an artist and the son of the famous artist Ada Bird Petyarre. They had eleven children, and many went onto becoming artists including, Maggie and Tanya Bird as well as numerous grandchildren. 

Eileen started painting in the late 90s depicting the stories around Women’s Ceremonies including the Body Paint designs painted onto the top half of the women. She also paints the dreaming Arlatyeye, Bush Yam/Bush Potato which was an important food source of her ancestors. The Yam grows underground like the common yam and a vine like shrub above ground. The women traditionally collect the yam and gather the leaves/vine above ground for medicine which was used topically to treat cuts, wounds, and minor skin irritations.

The seeds of the yam can be seen as the dot work and the yam depicted by the grey tube- like shapes.

This painting was purchased in 2006 and relatively early in her career.

Eileen resides in the Utopia region with her extended family.

Her paintings have been exhibited Nationally and Internationally.

This painting was purchased directly from Eileen and a gallery certificate of authenticity will be provided with the sale.



Authenticity

Authenticity
Altyerre Aboriginal Art provides its customers with a profile of the artist for every piece of artwork sold. This profile records information that Altyerre Aboriginal Art has gathered on the artist and general information on the stories that the artist paints. Altyerre Aboriginal Art encourages its artists to sign each piece of artwork either with a signature or a cross (some older artists cannot write their name).

Certificate of Authenticity
An artist profile and information on the story being painted is also provided and wherever possible, a photo of the artist holding the painting is included if possible. The certificate is comprised of the following details about the painting:
~ Catalogue No – A unique number assigned to each individual artwork
~ Size
~ Medium
~ Date the artwork was created (this may be an approximate date for our much older pieces)
~ Artist’s name
~ Artist’s Language Group
~ Artist’s Country
~ Title/Story of Artwork
~ Description of the artwork’s story as told by the artist where possible
~ Signature of the Altyerre Aboriginal Art owner

Each Certificate of Authenticity is printed onto Altyerre Aboriginal Art letterhead and provides exceptional provenance for each artwork.

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