Walka design from Ernabella

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Type: Acrylic paintings
Date: 1954 - 1986
Place: Ernabella, South Australia, Australia
Materials: Paint - non specific, Paper
Collection: Winifred Hilliard collection no. 3
Accession number: 2000.0014.0613

Description

Multi coloured abstract design on a cream ground. The design is composed of a series of irregular swirls, circles and points that interconnect to form a loose, open grouping. Bands of red, pink and purple follow the black outlines that defines each form. There are six 'holes' where the ground shows through, and one near the centre of the design with an inner, dark coloured spot. The artist has signed in the lower right corner.

About the collection

The collection comprises a broad range of objects including batiks, pokerwork carvings, paintings and pastel drawings on paper and other art and craft items, bibles and school readers in Pitjantjatjara, drawings by school children, photograph albums, videos and a small number of stone implements. The collection is significant for the depth and range of material associated with a single Aboriginal settlement at Ernabella, now known as Pukatja, its art centre and with Deaconness Winifred Hilliard who was the Arts Advisor to Ernabella between 1954 and 1986. The collection largely dates to this period. Along with other material previously donated by Hilliard, this collection documents the history of Ernabella and the women's art movement there between, but not limited to, 1954 and 1986.

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