NGAMINYA, 2001

Important Aboriginal Art
Melbourne
25 March 2009
115

NINGURA NAPURRULA

born c.1938
NGAMINYA, 2001

synthetic polymer paint on linen

122.0 x 137.0 cm

inscribed verso: artist's name, size, Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd catalogue number NN0101060

Estimate: 
$10,000 - 12,000
Provenance

Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs
William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited

The White Show 2, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, September 2001, cat. 12

Catalogue text

This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs which reads in part, 'This painting depicts designs associated with Womens' ceremonies at the rockhole and soakage water site of Ngaminya, just to the south-west of the Kiwirrkura Community. The roundels are rockholes and the sinuous lines are small creeks. A group of women gathered at the site to perform the dances and sing the songs associated with the area. They also gathered the edible berries known as kampurarrpa or desert raisin from the small shrub Solanum centrale. The grid-like design at the outer edges of the work represents the sandhills surrounding the site.'