Item - Untitled (Kungka Kutjarra story)

ID UNSW P 2000/0853 (100039)
Artist Makinti NAPANANGKA (c. 1930 - 2011)
Title Untitled (Kungka Kutjarra story)
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Category Painting
Medium acrylic on linen
Materials acrylic pigments, linen support
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Measurements (cms)  
  Height 137.00
  Width 122.00
  Depth 0.00
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  Location nil
  Signed no
Produced  
  When 2000
  Where Australia, NT, Kintore
Style Papunya
Subject Women's story
Credit Line Purchased 2000
Description/Remarks    Cream, pink, yellow, orange, burgundy acrylic paint on linen. Narrow (approximately 12) rows of stripes across most of surface. "This painting depicts the travels of the Kungka Kutjarra (Two Women) to a site on the south side of Lake MacDonald. The two women were digging for the small animal Kuningka (Western Quoll). These animals usually live in burrows which were dug by other animals such as the Burrowing Bettong or rabbits and occasionally in hollow logs. The lines in the work represent spun hair which is used for making hair-belts which are worn during ceremonies." From Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd documentation certificate, catalogue no. MN 20000451 dated 20/11/00, signed by D Williams for W. Eager. Painted at Kintore during 2000, language group Pintupi.
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