This is Bush Vicks, you know, in the country. That’s what I painted, the landscape, you know. Gum tree leaves, we called that one Bush Vicks. When we get sick, we use that one, Bush Vicks, for medicine, for cough, for flu and all that. When we catch a cold, we boil that one with water, make them steam, the steam comes out and smell like Vicks. That is why we called it Bush Vicks.
Desert Mob is presented annually in Mparntwe | Alice Springs on Arrernte Country.
On behalf of Desart’s staff and art centre members, the Executive Committee humbly and respectfully acknowledge the Arrernte Apmereke Artweye (Traditional Owners) and Kwertengerle (Traditional Managers) of Mparntwe.
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