Merryn Schriever
Managing Director, Australia
Lot 16
Makinti Napanangka(circa 1930-2011)(Designs Associated with the Rockhole Site of Lupulnga), 2004
6 June 2017, 18:30 AEST
Sydney, NCJWASold for AU$9,760 inc. premium
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Makinti Napanangka (circa 1930-2011)
(Designs Associated with the Rockhole Site of Lupulnga), 2004
inscribed verso with artist's name, details and Papunya Tula Artists cat. MN0407083
synthetic polymer paint on linen
137.0 x 122.0cm (53 15/16 x 48 1/16in).
inscribed verso with artist's name, details and Papunya Tula Artists cat. MN0407083
synthetic polymer paint on linen
137.0 x 122.0cm (53 15/16 x 48 1/16in).
Footnotes
PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
Private collection, Melbourne
This painting is accompanied by Papunya Tula Artists documentation that reads: 'This painting depicts designs associated with the site of Lupulnga, a rockhole situated south of the Kintore Community. The Peewee (small bird) Dreaming is associated with this site, as well as the Kungka Kutjarra or Two Travelling Women Dreaming.
During ancestral times a group of women visited this site holding ceremonies associated with the area before continuing their travels north of Kaakuratintja (Lake MacDonald), and later the Kintore area.
The lines in the painting represent spun hair-string used in the making of nyimparra (hair-belts), which are worn by both men and women during ceremonies.'