Grass Seed Dreaming Kathleen-petyarre-tag of the Walmajarri language group

of the Walmajarri language group was born at Wanywurtu under a tutujarti [desert walnut] tree

It is used as a ceremonial wrap and as a strap to carry ‘parraja’ (coolamons) and ‘ngami’ (water carriers)

sand hills and campsites of her country

Barbara developed her own subject matter

Grass Seed Dreaming Kathleen-petyarre-tag of the Walmajarri language groupIn many of Barbara Weirs paintings, long, tapering lines overlap gracefully to represent a grass once abundant at Utopia before cattle grazing was introduced in the early 20th century. Its botanical name is Portulaca oleracea. For thousands of years, this grass has been important to Aboriginal people because its small black seeds can be ground into flour. Rather than painting the seeds, Weir depicts the grass itself. Her colours show its natural