Painting Analysis: Seven Sisters

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‘Seven Sisters’ is a painting that reflects the sister journey across the land and how they protected and taught one another while being chased by a bad man. The story about the sisters vary from area to area, the story that comes from around the southern desert (lake Eyre) is about the ancestor male who tries to capture one of the women but was prevented by a great flood. by analysing the work you can see they have included the honey ant, which refers to country. The women used digging sticks and dug up the honey ants, because they produce honey from their abdomen that was considered a special treat to the aboriginals. They have also added the ant’s nests and eggs, this is important because it shows where the ants have travelled and how