This painting depicts designs associated with Womens’ Ceremonies at
the rockhole and soakage water site of Ngaminya, just to the south-west of
the
Kiwirrkura Community.
The oblong shapes in the work are nulla-nullas (fighting clubs).
A group of women, represented by the ‘U’ shapes, have gathered
at the site to perform the dances and sing the songs associated with
the area. The artist
has also shown some hair-string belts which are worn during ceremonies.
The arcs at the outer edges of the work represent the sandhills surrounding
the area.
PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd., Alice Springs, painted at Kintore.Catalogue
Number NN0105123
Ningura Napurrula was born at Watulka, south of the Kiwirrkura Community.
She married Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi and together with their young
son Morris
they went in to the Papunya Community after meeting up with Jeremy Long during
one of his Welfare Patrols. In 1999 Ningura contributed to the Kintore womens’ painting
as part of the Western Desert Dialysis Appeal.
REPRESENTED
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
