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NAATA NUNGURRAYI (born circa 1932)

Acrylic on Belgian linen
137 x 122 cm

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, Kiwirrkurra 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,
Certificate number NN0110061

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 early1996. 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, Darwin
Aboriginal Art Museum, The Netherlands