Acrylic
on Belgian linen
122 x 137 cm
This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole site of Marrapinti,
situated in a creek, west of the Pollock Hills in Western Australia. A group
of women of the Nangala and Napangati kinship subsections camped at this site
during their travels further east. While at the site the women made the nose
bones, also known as marrapinti, which are worn through a hole made in the nose
web. These nose bones were originally used by both men and women but are now
only inserted by the older generation on ceremonial occasions.
PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Pty. Ltd., Alice Springs, painted at Kiwirrkura.Certificate Number
LN0303105
Lorna is the daughter of the late Timmy Payungka Tjapangati. She was born in
1961 and began painting at Kiwirrkura in 1996. In 1999 Lorna contributed to the
Kiwirrkura women’s painting as part of the Western Desert Dialysis appeal.
REPRESENTED
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