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NAATA NUNGURRAYI (born circa 1932)
Acrylic on Belgian linen
122 x 91 cm

This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole site of Marrapinti, west of the Pollock Hills in Western Australia. The circles are rockholes and the grid-like design shows the rocky outcrops and sandhills surrounding the area. A group of women camped at the site
to perform the ceremonies associated with the area. They later travelled east passing through Ngaminya, Kiwirrkura and Wirrulnga. During their travels they gathered the edible berries known as kampurarrpa (desert raisin) from the small shrub Solanum Centrale.

PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Artists Pty. Ltd., Alice Springs, painted at Kintore 2002,
Certificate number NN0202157

Naata was born at the site of Kumil, which is west of the Pollock Hills in Western Australia. She came into Papunya with her family on one of Jeremy Long’s government patrols. Naata began painting for the company in early 1996. Her son is Kenny Williams Tjampitjinpa who also paints for Papunya Tula Artists.

REPRESENTED
National Gallery of Victoria
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory
Aboriginal Art Museum, The Netherlands