synthetic polymer paint, earth pigments, metallic paint and glitter on canvas
Measurements
60.2 × 50.4 cm
Place/s of Execution
Perth, Western Australia
Inscription
inscribed in crayon on reverse u.l.: Federation Series; / ‘Auntie Dot’ / by / Julie Dowling / May 2001 / Acrylic, Red Ochre and Plastic / on Canvas. / ~ / This painting shows my great Auntie / Dorothy Latham who was taken away / from her Badimaya mother and put into / an orphanage by her wudjulah (white) / father when she was eight years old, / at the time there were massacres in the / Kimberley in the North West of W. A. / ~ / 1920–1930
