Roxanne Napaljarri Collins Archives - Timeless Origins https://timelessorigins.com.au/product-category/roxanne-napaljarri-collins/ Timeless Origins Fri, 26 Sep 2025 11:04:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/timelessorigins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cropped-timeless-origin-logo-design-black.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Roxanne Napaljarri Collins Archives - Timeless Origins https://timelessorigins.com.au/product-category/roxanne-napaljarri-collins/ 32 32 219845370 Honey Ants collected after the Rains- Roxanne Napaljarri Collins https://timelessorigins.com.au/product/honey-ants-collected-after-the-rains-roxanne-napaljarri-collins/ Tue, 13 Aug 2024 12:43:10 +0000 https://timelessorigins.com.au/?post_type=product&p=568 This piece depicts the women collecting Honey Ants, a much enjoyed bush desert. The ladies go to an area in a group, and spread out to sit and dig in possible nest sites. The woman will sit  with there “digging stick” and coolamon (a wooden bowl carved from a tree). Once the paths to the […]

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]]> This piece depicts the women collecting Honey Ants, a much enjoyed bush desert. The ladies go to an area in a group, and spread out to sit and dig in possible nest sites. The woman will sit  with there “digging stick” and coolamon (a wooden bowl carved from a tree). Once the paths to the nest is found, they dig down with their sticks and as the ants run up the stick they are swept into the cooloman and are ready to eat the big sack of honey they have on their backs.  The coloured circles in the painting represent the sites the ladies have searched in the surrounding desert sands.

 

Italian Canvas.

Not on frame.

Acrylic paints.

120cmX106cm

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