Naata Nungurrayi Indigenous Australian (Pintupi) , 1932-2021
36 x 24.2 inch
A large group of senior women camped at this rockhole making the nose-bones which are worn through a hole in the nose-web. These nose-bones were originally worn by both men and women but are now only worn by the older generations on ceremonial occasions. The women later travelled east passing through Wala Wala, Ngaminya and Kiwirrkura.
Please note that all Aboriginal Art is created from a so called ‘Birds Eye’ view.
This means that the paintings can be hung either horizontally as well as vertically.
Provenance
Painted for Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Australia
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, Australia, purchased in September 2003
Private collection, Spain
Exhibitions
Ladies from Papunya, SmithDavidson Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2024
Papunya 50 Years, 1971 - 2021, SmithDavidson Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2021
Paintings from Remote Communities: Indigenous Australian Art from the Laverty Collection, Sydney, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand; Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, Australia, 2007/2008
Literature
Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australia’s Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2008, p. 63 (illus.) Beyond Sacred: Australian Aboriginal Art: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, edition II, Kleimeyer Industries Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 2011, p. 65 (illus.)
