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WALANGKURA NAPANANGKA (born circa 1945)

Acrylic on Belgian linen
153 x 122 cm

This painting depicts designs associated with the Three Womens’ Dreaming at the
rockhole site of Lupulnga, south of the Kintore Community. There are many long
hills in this area (represented by lines in the work). A group of women travelled to
this site to perform the ceremonies associated with Lupulnga. They also made spun
hair-string with which to make nyimparra (hair-string skirts) worn during these
ceremonies.

PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Artists Pty. Ltd., Alice Springs, painted at Kintore 2004,
Certificate number WN0403031

Walangkura was born sometime in the mid 1940's beside a rockhole near where the
Tjukurla Community was later established. As a young person she travelled with
her large family group in the country between Punkilpirri near Docker River, north
to Waluklrritji rockhole on the southwestern side of Lake MacDonald. Her family
were met by a welfare patrol which included Nosepeg Tjupurrula, and were invited
to travel in with other Pintupi people to the Haasts Bluff settlement. While living
in Haasts Bluff she worked for a period in the community laundry, but later moved
to Papunya to live with her husband Uta Uta Tjangala who was one of the original
shareholders of Papunya Tula Artists. Walangkura first painted for the company in
1997 while she moved between Tjukurla, Kiwirrikura and Kintore, but in early 2002
she spent more of her time in the latter and began painting regularly.

REPRESENTED
National Gallery of Victoria
Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs