Artist: Margaret Boko
Title: Smoking New Born Baby
Catalogue/code: TAMB10C4607
Date: 2010
Size: 60 × 55 cm
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Art centre: Tangentyere Artists, Alice Springs (Mparntwe)
Certificate: Signed by Art Coordinator Liesl Rockchild, dated 1 November 2010.
This painting is about smoking a new born baby at a place near Docker River, looking towards Kata Tjuta in the east. We use puti [senna artemisioides or cassia] – that plant you see all through here. It makes good smoke! This is to keep the baby safe – no water – just smoke first.
One Phoenix Arts acknowledges the Larrakia people as the Traditional Owners of the land on which our gallery stands, and pays respect to Elders past and present. We acknowledge the artists and their communities across the Northern Territory, the Kimberley and the deserts, who hold the stories in these works.
