Acrylic on Belgian linen
122 x 91cm
This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole and soakage water
site of Marrapinti, to the west of Pollock Hills in Western Australia. A large
group
of senior women camped at this rockhole making the nose-bones which are worn
through
a hole in the nose-web. These nose-bones were originally worn by both men and
women but are now only worn by the older generation on ceremonial occasions.
The
women later travelled east passing through Wala Wala, Kiwirrkura and Ngaminya.
During their travels they gathered the edible berries known as kampurarrpa or
desert raisin from the small shrub Solanum centrale.
PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs, painted at Kintore 2001,
Catalogue number NN0110212
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
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