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MAKINTI NAPANANGKA (BORN CIRCA 1930)

acrylic on belgian linen

122 x 122cm

This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole site of Lupulnga, south of the Kintore Community. The Peewee (small bird) Dreaming is associated with this site.

The lines in the painting represent spun hair which is used to make hair-string skirts and hair-belts which are worn during ceremonies.

EXHIBITED

Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Pintupi Exhibition, September 2001, exhibition catalogue number 45

PROVENANCE

Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs, painted at KintoreCatalogue number MN0107039
Makinti Napanangka was born in the Lake MacDonald area circa 1930. Her family walked into Haasts Bluff before the Papunya Community was established. She began painting regularly for Papunya Tula Artists in 1996.

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National Gallery of VictoriaArt Gallery of New South WalesQueensland Art GalleryMuseums & Art Galleries of the Northern Territory