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MAKINTI NAPANANGKA (born circa 1930)
Acrylic on Belgian linen
107 x 91 cm

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 (Two Travelling Women Dreaming). During mythological times a group of ancestral women visited this site holding ceremonies associated with the area, before continuing their travels north to Kaakuratintja (Lake MacDonald), and later the Kintore area. The lines in the painting represent spun hair-string that is used in the making of nyimparra (hair-string skirts), which are worn by both men and women during ceremonies.

PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Artists Pty. Ltd., Alice Springs, painted at Kintore 2006,
Certificate number MN0603116

Makinti was born at Lupulnga rockhole south of Kintore circa 1930. She gave birth to her first child in the Lake MacDonald area and later had children in Haasts Bluff, Papunya and Alice Springs. Her first contact with white people was with men travelling on camels near Lupulnga. She walked with her family to Haasts Bluff before the Papunya community was established. Makinti began painting regularly for the company in 1996.

REPRESENTED
National Gallery of Victoria
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Queensland Art Gallery
Museums & Art Galleries of the Northern Territory
Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs