NAATA NUNGURRAYI - WOMENS CEREMONY AT MARRAPINTI

 NAATA NUNGURRAYI
WOMENS CEREMONY AT MARRAPINTI,  2002
137 x 122cm
Synthetic polymer on Belgian linen
 
PROVENANCE
Papunya Western Desert, NT
Papunya Tula Artists, N.TCoo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW 
 
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.
 
EXHIBITED
Beyond Time, August 2019, Booker-Lowe Gallery Houston