LUPULNGA, 2008

Important Australian Aboriginal Art
Melbourne
30 March 2022
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MAKINTI NAPANANGKA

(c.1930 - 2011)
LUPULNGA, 2008

synthetic polymer paint on linen

106.0 x 91.0 cm

bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. MN0803047

Estimate: 
$14,000 – $18,000
Sold for $24,545 (inc. BP) in Auction 68 - 30 March 2022, Melbourne
Provenance

Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
Private collection, Adelaide

Exhibited

Reverence, D'Lan Contemporary, Melbourne, 1 – 29 October 2021 (illus. in exhibition catalogue, p. 21)

This work is accompanied by a copy of a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists which states: ‘This painting depicts designs associated with the site of Lupulnga, a rock hole 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 a group of ancestral women visited this site holding ceremonies associated with the area, before continuing their travels north to Kaakuratintja (Lake MacDonald), and later 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.