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NANCY NUNGURRAYI (born circa 1935)


Acrylic on Belgian linen
each 122 x 61 cm


The roundels in these paintings depict the rockhole site of Tjuntulpul, slightly north-west of the Kiwirrkura Community. The line work depicts the sandhills surrounding the site. A group of women, represented by the ‘U’ shapes, camped at Tjuntulpul before travelling south to Marrapinti. At Marrapinti the women made 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 man and women but are now only inserted by the older generation on ceremonial occasions.


PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Artists Pty. Ltd., Alice Springs, painted at Kintore 2004,
Certificate number NN0403067


Nancy was born in the Pollock Hills area. As a small child she lived with her parents at Wala Wala, west of the Kiwirrkura Community. She lived in this area after she was married and when her husband passed away she walked to Mt Liebig carrying her first child, Marlene Nampitjinpa.


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Art Gallery of New South Wales

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