Alvira Bird Mpetyane
DOB: 1978
BORN: Ilkawerne, Utopia Aboriginal Lands of the Eastern Desert
LANGUAGE GROUP: Anmatyerre/Eastern Arrernte
COMMUNITY: Utopia, Northern Territory
Alvira is the daughter of artists Paddy Bird (deceased) and Eileen Bird. She lives in Alice Springs and Mulga Bore with her husband and children. Her grandmother is the late Ada Bird Petyarre, a highly respected senior artist from Utopia. Her subjects include Awelye (Women's Ceremony and Body Paint Designs) for Ahakeye (Bush Plum), Alpar (Rat-tail Plant) and Ntang Artety (Mulga Seed).
Source: Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs
Title: Awelye (Women's Ceremony)
Artist: Alvira Bird Mpetyane
Acrylic on canvas
Painted: 2018
Size: 97cm x 63cm approximately
Catalogue number: Commission (uncatalogued)
Price: $8,000.00
Provenance: Private Collection
Location: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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