| Description/Remarks |
Cream, bone, yellow, orange and black acrylic paint on linen. From base: narrow vertical row of stripes followed by wide band of horizontal stripes; then a row of black 'U's and two rows of circles; then another wide band of horizontal stripes followed by a row of circles with' U's at either end, another row of upside down 'U's and a final row of circles. Narrow bands of horizontal stripes at the top. "This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole site of Umari, situated in sandhill country, east of Mt. Webb in Western Australia. The lines through the painting represent sandhills. A number of women, represented by the 'U' shapes, gathered at the site to perform ceremonies. The women, one of the Nangala kinship subsection and the others of the Napaltjarri kinship subsection, later travelled towards the east. One of the mythologies associated with the area concerns a relationship between a man of the Tjakamarra kinship subsection and a woman of the Nangala kinship subsection. This is a mother-in-law relationship which is very taboo in Aboriginal culture." From Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd documentation certificate, catalogue no. TN 20000454 dated 20/11/00, signed by D Williams for W. Eager. Painted at Kintore during 2000, language group Pintupi. |
