Artiste : Marissa Angapiya Thompson

Titre de l'œuvre : Ikarka - Spotted Bowerbird

Format : 15 x 12,5 cm

Provenance et certificat : centre d'art d'Ernabella

Référence de la céramique : 76C-24

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Explications sur cette céramique Aborigène :

When I was a little kid me and my family used to go hunting for tjala (honey ants) in the bush and we used to see a lot of ikarka under the mulga trees. The birds were collecting snails and little shiny things like glass, necklace, anything that shines, sometimes even money. Those birds collect anything and everything that’s pretty.

Ikarka have a big nest in the long grass and they sit in the middle. They hide the shiny things under the snail shells. We used to move the snails and find the things they’ve hidden. Dad always said ‘go and play in the bush and you might get lucky’ and I did, I found $1 and $2 coins.