| Description/Remarks |
Cream, black and orange acrylic paint on linen. Multi-striped 'U's on orange background. "This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole and soakage water site of Marrapinti, situated in a creek, west of the Pollock Hills. A group of women of the Nangala and Napangati kinship subsections, represented by the 'U' shapes, camped at this site during their travels further east. While at the site the women made the nose bones, also known as marrapinti, which are worn through a hole in the nose web. These nose bones were originally used by both men and women but are now only inserted by the older generation on ceremonial occasions. The women also performed the ceremonies associated with the area." From Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd documentation certificate, catalogue no. NN 200005137 dated 16/11/00, signed by D Williams for B. Ward. Painted at Kintore during 2000, language group Pintupi. |
