Makinti Napanangka

Painted for Papunya Tula Artists at Kintore, Northern Territory, 2003 (Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number MN0305056)

Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne

Private Collection

This painting is sold with the Papuna Tula Artists certificate and depicts "designs associated with the site of Lupulnga, a series of small rockholes situated south of the Kintore Community. The Peewee (small bird) Dreaming is associated with this site, as well as the Kungka Kutjarra or Two Travelling Women Dreaming. During mythological times the Two Travelling Women visited this site holding ceremonies associated with the area. They then continued their travels north to Kaakuratintja (Lake MacDonald), and later through the Kintore area. The lines in the painting represent spun hair-string which is used in the making of nyimparra (hair-belts), which are worn by both men and women during ceremonies."

Image Credit

Makinti Napanangka; Paul Exline