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Main Image 7244
Cat.No: #7244
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Walangkura Napanangka
Women’s Ceremony
2007
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
182 x 121 cm
SOLD
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Provenance: Purchased direct from the artist, 2007 accompanied with a portfolio of working photographs - Private Collection, NSW

Exhibition: 2009, En_Trance, Coo-ee

Story: This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole site of Marrapinti,to the west of the Kiwirrkura Community. A large group of senior women camped at this rockhole making the nose-bones, also known as Marrapinti, which are worn through a hole in the nose-web. These nose-bones were originally won by both men and women but are now only worn by the older generation on ceremonial occasions.

The women later travelled east passing through the Kiwirrkura area. The arcs represent sandhills surrounding the site.