Catalogue no: 551-14

Story:

This dreaming tells of the hunt for witchery grubs. Witchery grubs are found all over the country. they are found in the ground and in tree trunks. The women dig them out and place them in their coolamons. When they return to camp they cook them in the coals of the fire.

About:

POB: Chilla Well

Domicile: Lajamanu NT

Language Group: Warlpiri / Warnayaka

Aboriginal Name: Yirdingali

Lily Hargraves is a senior law woman at Lajamanu. She has been painting on canvas since ca.1986. She is a vigorous and confident artist and is well-versed in the stories that she paints. These stories include: Ngalyipi, the Vine Dreaming; Mala, the Wallaby; Karnta, Womens Dreaming amongst others.

Selected exhibitions: Gallery Gabriella Pizzi-Melbourne: Hogarth Gallery-Sydney: Dreamtime Gallery-Perth: NGV– Melbourne: High Court-Canberra: Ecole des Beaux Arts-Grenoble France: Australian Embassy—Washington: William Mora—Melbourne.

Selected collections: NGV Melbourne

Painting is professional framed and comes with a signed Certificate of Authenticity.